threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 17 days agoDon’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkDon’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032arstechnica.comthreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square87fedilink
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agoListed in the article: Scientists estimate that 2024 YR4 is between 130 to 300 feet (40 and 90 meters) wide
minus-squareSpongeBorgCubePants@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·16 days agoHow many giraffes is it tho
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days ago!anythingbutmetric@discuss.tchncs.de
minus-squareComment105@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·16 days agoFuck, I was hoping for a 10-15 km wide one.
minus-squareeverett@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·16 days agoExactly one meteor wide. Do you need the height as well?
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agoWere it to hit it would hit like a large nuke
Okay so how big is this meteor then
Listed in the article:
How many giraffes is it tho
!anythingbutmetric@discuss.tchncs.de
Fuck, I was hoping for a 10-15 km wide one.
130 - 400 meters
It’s around 1000 millimeteors
Exactly one meteor wide. Do you need the height as well?
Is it meteoric?
Were it to hit it would hit like a large nuke