An asteroid big enough to destroy a city has a 1.9% chance of impacting Earth on December 22, 2032.

Twitter ^ | February 5, 2025 | Daniel Alman from Squirrel Hill @DanielAlmanPGH

[grundle]

An asteroid big enough to destroy a city has a 1.9% chance of impacting Earth on December 22, 2032.

[Theophilus]

Does it hace clearance from the FAA? Has a environmental impact study been completed?

[Uncle Miltie]

Can we offer up San Fran?

[EnderWiggin1970]

This would be roughly half the size of a Nagasaki/Hiroshima atomic explosion. Only it will most likely hit the ocean or empty wasteland somewhere. Contra the population control zealots, most of the planet is thinly or wholly uninhabited.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

December 22, eh? Does this mean I won’t have to do any Christmas shopping in 2032? (I tried to use the Mayan calendar excuse back in 2012, without success.)

[j.havenfarm]

Let’s nuke it! Saw it done on TV. Works great. A tip: when placing a nuke in an asteroid, work only when the asteroid is facing away from the sun! Important. Don’t forget

[Verginius Rufus]

Wasn’t this reported a day or two ago, but then the likelihood was put at 1.6%. It has become almost 20% more dangerous in just a couple of days.

[GingisK]

The one that hit in New Mexico was about that size, and it destroyed a lot more territory than any city. The crater is just where it hit. The effects were over a much larger area.

[Tudorfly]

Those are better odds for the astroid than every government lottery.

[GingisK]

That reminds me of “Blast from the past”.

[CdMGuy]

If I am still alive, I would be 89. Ask me if I care. It could be a spectacular way to go and sure beats having a heart attack or cancer.

[SuperLuminal]

Hmmm...
Something to look forward to when I’m 99...

[P-Marlowe]

By 2032 the democrats will have already destroyed most of the cities, so nobody will notice.

[sheik yerbouty]

The New York Times headline will read: “Asteroid to Hit The Earth, Women and Minorities To Be Hit The Hardest”..

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Well, there goes last minute Christmas shopping in 2032.

[egfowler3]

Can we designate target cities?? Oh, please, pretty please?

[SunkenCiv]

• 'City-killer' asteroid is hurtling by Earth -- and scientists are warning of its potential impact [02/02/2025]
• New Asteroid Tops NASA's Impact Risk Chart, 1.2% Chance of 2032 Collision [01/29/2025]

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[MayflowerMadam]

This weekend I’ll stock up on toilet paper and Pop Tarts.

[Peter ODonnell]

Chelyabinsk. Already a trial run.

[dfwgator]

Chelyabinsk - The Chicago of the Urals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nmn0JVAR1Y

[Secret Agent Man]

If Trump wasn’t running in 2024 my choice was Giant Meteor 2024.