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    NASA engineer reveals exact locations asteroid could hit Earth as chances of collision continue to increase

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    1. favoritedeadrabbit on

      “2024 YR4 will likely strike anywhere between northern South America, across the Pacific Ocean, southern Asia, the Arabian Sea, and sub-Saharan Africa.

      Countries that are particularly at risk include India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Sudan, Nigeria, Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador, and it’s also predicted that the impact would be enough to wipe out an entire city with the power five hundred times that of an atomic bomb.”

    2. bgsrdmm on

      That site looks like all these late 90s sites when they discovered popup and other sh_tty ads, it has like all types of annoying sh_t you can imagine. What a trash…

    6. eldonhughes on

      If I keep driving west without getting gas I’m going to run out of gas in Kansas. Does anyone think that qualifies as an “EXACT” location?

    9. jtatc1989 on

      I wonder how long NASA will be around considering how much this musk administration is dismantling things

    11. Socrasaurus on

      Interesting, but that page refuses to open. I must not have the right key.

      Should it be C-sharp?

    12. itsRobbie_ on

      Not hitting the US? Oh ok, time to never hear about this thing again until it hits the earth in 10 years

    13. Durable_me on

      He also states that we shouldn’t try to deflect it (DART), because it way end up breaking apart in dozens of smaller ones, and so affecting a much larger area on the planet.
      However, why would that be a bad thing? you’ll end up with 10-20 smaller pieces that pose exponentially less threat than the large chunk ?

    14. valkenar on

      This seems like a terrible, fearmongering article.

      One example:

      “This would have significant ramifications on the areas affected by a potential collision, as while there wouldn’t be a single impact as devastating, the ‘shotgun-like’ effect would wreak havoc on a much wider scale across out planet, so we have to be extremely careful.”

      This is a real effect, but turning one non-apocalyptic asteroid into 50 even less apocalyptic asteroids is not exactly what I’d call devastating. Seems like a good trade, risk-wise, honestly.

    15. occi31 on

      What are the risks of deflecting an asteroid? Can it accidentally hit another bigger one and put it on a collision course with us?

    17. everlasting_sandwich on

      I listened to a UK scientist explain this. There’s a 2 percent chance of it hitting the earth. So if you had 50 earths lined up one of them would get hit so pretty slim. Also the size of the comet is only a city killer not an earth killer. Also most of the earth is water desert jungle etc. the actual chance of hitting a city or even populated area is incredibly slim. So calm the fuck down people.

    19. ren_reddit on

      jeezuz.   People should study risk assessment. 

      a 1:42 chance of something with consequenses this big happening is a major risk.

      it’s NOT comparable to having a 1:42 chance of your favorite armchair collapsing.

    24. cabur on

      Wow when did r/space turn into mostly uncaring asshats that try to gaslight people and thinking a city killing asteroid is suddenly not a big deal if it hits? Is this the morbid version of finance bros now?