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Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032 (arstechnica.com)
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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Listed in the article:

Scientists estimate that 2024 YR4 is between 130 to 300 feet (40 and 90 meters) wide

[–] spongeborgcubepants@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

How many giraffes is it tho

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 4 points 16 hours ago

!anythingbutmetric@discuss.tchncs.de

[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 3 points 15 hours ago

Fuck, I was hoping for a 10-15 km wide one.