floofloof@lemmy.ca to Space@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoOdds of asteroid YR4 hitting Earth just went up again, reaching new highglobalnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1245arrow-down110cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1235arrow-down1external-linkOdds of asteroid YR4 hitting Earth just went up again, reaching new highglobalnews.cafloofloof@lemmy.ca to Space@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square81fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareLostXOR@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days ago2024 YR4 has a close(ish) encounter with the Earth every 4 years; it will pass within 8 million km in 2028 before the very close pass/potential impact in 2032. You can see info for close encounters here.
minus-squareMonument@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoWell, huh. TIL. Serves me right for half remembering something and assuming the first search result explains it.
2024 YR4 has a close(ish) encounter with the Earth every 4 years; it will pass within 8 million km in 2028 before the very close pass/potential impact in 2032. You can see info for close encounters here.
Well, huh. TIL.
Serves me right for half remembering something and assuming the first search result explains it.