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Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032 (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Okay so how big is this meteor then

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago

It's around 1000 millimeteors

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Exactly one meteor wide. Do you need the height as well?

[–] dellish 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Is it meteoric?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

The meteorest.

[–] Norgoroth 7 points 5 days ago

130 - 400 meters

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Listed in the article:

Scientists estimate that 2024 YR4 is between 130 to 300 feet (40 and 90 meters) wide

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

Fuck, I was hoping for a 10-15 km wide one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Were it to hit it would hit like a large nuke