[Tom Tetroxide]

Does this mean we’re all gonna die...AGAIN????

[BobL]

Clever move to say that the moon will be hit, or might be hit, with DOGE lurking in the shadows.

[dfwgator]

[logi_cal869]

I’ve seen this movie. There are several with the same plot.

It doesn’t end well. In any of them.

[wildcard_redneck]

"impacts. “It’d be like a natural experiment,” a planetary scientist told The Guardian, “though we’d prefer it didn’t happen.”"

What is it about? Left scientist wanting to freeze everything in place. Why wouldn't he want the moon hit by an asteroid? Who is going get hurt by it? Nobody.

[Augie]

What’s this “natural satellite” stuff?

Everybody knows the moon is hollow and was built by the reptilian aliens to serve as a monitoring station for their giant ant farm/gold mine here on Earth.

/s

[BBQToadRibs2]

Sorry, Dad joke

[bgill]

Still, keep Bruce Willis on speed dial.

[crusty old prospector]

What if it changes the orbit? Tides will be altered. Women and minorities hit the hardest.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

Ever looked at the impact craters on the moon? Lots of them.

From the article: "...the object measures approximately 150 meters in diameter—roughly the length of a football field."

Enter the casino of predictions and percentages at your risk.... Becasue "it is significant enough to cause noticeable effects..."

[martin_fierro]

[SunkenCiv]

That tentative name doesn't show in a search, it's really 2024 YR4, a 3.8 percent chance, and btw a non-news source URL. The rest of the 2024YR4 keyword, sorted:

• Earth Is Safe From Menacing Asteroid -- but Our Moon Might Take the Hit [04/02/2025]
• NASA's asteroid mission to Apophis: Key for Earth's defense [02/27/2025]
• Will Asteroid 2024 YR4 Strike Earth? NASA Revises Impact Probability [02/20/2025]
• Chance of 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 smashing into Earth rises yet again to 3.1%, NASA reports [02/18/2025]
• Odds of a Tunguska-Scale Impact in 2032 Just Doubled [02/12/2025]
• An asteroid big enough to destroy a city has a 1.9% chance of impacting Earth on December 22, 2032. [02/05/2025]
• '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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[omni-scientist]

So in all probability, this object will not impact either Earth or the moon on it’s way by. But once it enters our gravitational system it’s future course will be unpredictably altered.

[Deaf and Discerning]

This reminds me of the story about the asteroid that smacked our plant 66 million years ago, creating the Chixulub Crater in the Gulf of Mexico. A similar event is bound to happen some day...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_crater

[butlerweave]

If it hit the Moon it would make the Moon heavier and it could crash into the Earth and WE ALL DIE \o/

[GingisK]

That is completely unacceptable! I want a 100% chance of it hitting Washington DC.

[Ezekiel]

Why on Earth is anyone Panican?

It’ll buff right out.

Residents of the Moon hit hardest —

Luna tics.

[DownInFlames]

Just proves NASA stands for Not About Space Anymore.

[Charles Martel]

Send Us Thine Asteroid, O Lord!

[SuperLuminal]

Standing by for the non-DEI recalculation of Apophis’ trajectory...