[BenLurkin]

Ping

[KarlInOhio]

Later in the article it states:

However, this is not to say that the asteroid will slam into Earth with absolute certainty. In fact — per the British media outlet — NASA estimates that the asteroid has a one in 30 million chance of crashing into our planet. This translates into a 99.9999967 percent chance of a miss in the event that asteroid 2018 LF16 does come wandering too close to home.

This particular space rock ranks as a level “zero” threat on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale — meaning that its likelihood of a collision with Earth is nonexistent or close to nonexistent.

Nothing like a little journalistic panic to sell papers and web site hits.

[Az Joe]

How do they know the future trajectories of future objects that are hit by other future objects at some point and both have their future trajectories changed.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

If it takes out LA, San Fran/Oakland, Seattle, Portland, Ore. Camden/Newark, NJ, or Tallahassee Fl., I’m good with that. Might even thrown in Denver and Boulder, Col. as secondary targets. Philadelphia needs a lot of “urban renewal”. Levelling the north part would be a great start except for Temple Un and their Hospital complex/medical school.

So many targets, so few really close asteroids. That’s not fair.

[Tennessee Nana]

Paging Chicken Licken

[867V309]

I might win the lottery in 2023...

[InABunkerUnderSF]

So, according to wikipedia this thing has a perihelion of 1.143164 AU. The Earth has an aphelion of 1.0167 AU.

Can someone please explain how this thing ever gets closer than about 11 million miles from earth in its current orbit?

[BradyLS]

Oh, I’m “woke” to asteroids now! How much must we as a people sacrifice to make sure the menace of asteroids never bothers us again??? /s

[Libloather]

How will that effect global warming?

[Vaquero]

First of all this is a tiny asteroid. Large meteor perhaps

One article wrote. “Its current best orbital parameters leaves it entirely outside of Earth’s orbit, and there are no predicted encounters that would change its orbit in the near future”

Yes. We keep an eye on this one. We must continue to look for the BAD ones.

[PapaBear3625]

In a few years, maybe we’ll be at the point where we can grab one of these as it’s zooming by and mine it for useful minerals and metals.

[preacher]

L8r

[metmom]

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[FlingWingFlyer]

Damn. And the DNC’s “media” toads aren’t forecasting America to go “full majority Hispanic” until 2025. I guess I won’t have to learn Spanish after all.

[Sequoyah101]

At this point, it would be merciful if it were big enough.

[Scythian_Reborn]

[TADSLOS]

Promises, Promises....

[TADSLOS]

Can we steer it to drain the Swamp, because I’m good with that.

[AppyPappy]

What day? I have a dentist appointment that year.

[libertylover]

What difference does it make at this point? According to Algore, we’ll all be drowned from global warming by then anyway.