Summary
NASA has lowered the estimated risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth in December 2032 to 1.5%, down from 3.1% a day earlier. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) estimate stands at 1.38%.
The asteroid, 40-90 meters wide, could cause significant city-level destruction but not a global catastrophe.
The projected impact corridor spans the Pacific, South America, Africa, and South Asia.
NASA also estimates a 0.8% chance of the asteroid hitting the Moon.
Everyone hoping there’s still a chance, you need to remember… this is only a city-killer asteroid.
We need to hope for a much bigger asteroid.
If the alien movies serve us correctly, this is luckily going to hit the USA; possibly Washington DC directly.
If it hit the middle of the ocean, it could be cool and nothing else.
As long as it falls on the right city, it would do the entire world a massive, once in 500 years favor.
Unfortunately North America doesn’t fall under the possible impact zone
More proof that there’s no god.
We have a few years to improve our asteroid deflection capabilities to change that
There would be enough warning to get people out of the city.
If it does, I think a bunch of new religions are going to pop up.
Washington D.C. I hope.
Would have been funny if it hit Buenos aires