threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to AstronomyEnglish · 17 hours agoDon’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down12
arrow-up1140arrow-down1external-linkDon’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032arstechnica.comthreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to AstronomyEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square61fedilink
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 hours agoListed in the article: Scientists estimate that 2024 YR4 is between 130 to 300 feet (40 and 90 meters) wide
minus-squareComment105@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 hours agoFuck, I was hoping for a 10-15 km wide one.
minus-squareSpongeBorgCubePants@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 hours agoHow many giraffes is it tho
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 hours ago!anythingbutmetric@discuss.tchncs.de
minus-squareeverett@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·9 hours agoExactly one meteor wide. Do you need the height as well?
Okay so how big is this meteor then
It’s around 1000 millimeteors
Listed in the article:
Fuck, I was hoping for a 10-15 km wide one.
How many giraffes is it tho
!anythingbutmetric@discuss.tchncs.de
Exactly one meteor wide. Do you need the height as well?
Is it meteoric?
130 - 400 meters