[Nateman]

Asteroid 2024 YR4, roughly 60 meters wide, has a roughly 4% chance of impacting the Moon on December 22, 2032. There might even be a base on the Moon by then!

[Magnum44]

[BipolarBob]

I’ve heard the phrase when pigs fly but when whales fly, not so much.

[ChronicMA]

good to know we spot these things early enough to take action should they be headed for a collision with us.

well, not this time

[sit-rep]

I didn’t even read it and am betting 20 bucks thatbtealncloae is over a million miles...

Now I’ll go read...

[Salman]

"Super close"?

Just another awful tease. {snicker}

[sit-rep]

Ok... looks like I’m out 20 bucks!

[Red Badger]

Ping!..............

[Nateman]

...This puts the space rock on a par with the Chelyabinsk meteor...

The Chelyabinsk meteor and the 2016 Arizona fireball (often called the Dishchii'bikoh meteorite) that lit up the skies over Phoenix are intimately related. Scientific studies have confirmed that both space rocks are cosmic siblings, meaning they broke off from the same parent asteroid in the inner asteroid belt.

I actually heard that Phoenix meteor. I just assumed at the time it was noisy neighbors. Early in the morning I saw the smoke trail it left in the sky. It was not until later I learned the complete story.

[Red Badger]

“However, there is zero chance that it will impact our planet.”

Safe and effective....................

[PghBaldy]

Lea Teoni will be hugging her German father on a beach.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Big deal. Sand flea sized asteroids whiz by and hit the planet every day. Geez.

[KarlInOhio]

Is there another asteroid the size of a bowl of petunias?

[BamaBelle]

Maybe it’s a purrgil...lol

[SunkenCiv]

“likely circles the sun every 3.7 years”

11/3.7=2.97297...

Eleven years from now is circa three orbits.

Odd that it’s only recently discovered.

https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2026%20JH2

[hillarys cankles]

SMOD 2026

[Tom Tetroxide]

[Yardstick]

However, there is zero chance that it will impact our planet.
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This is scientists saying this, right?

Time to take out an asteroid insurance policy.

[Dacula]

I like bowls of Petunias.

So long and thanks for all the fish.

[Beowulf9]

Super close.