The word ‚could‘ is doing an enormous amount of heavy lifting here, as is always the case with ‚headlines‘ like this.
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Saving you a click:
Asteroid 2024 YR4 was previously estimated to have a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Now, Earth is forecast to be in the clear but the Moon might be at (unspecified) risk of getting impacted. If that happens, it’s no big deal – we’ll just be able to see a new crater on the Moon.
culturedrobot on
Thinking maybe it’s time to buy a telescope over here
hopelesspeeslosh on
Any headline starting with “It’s official—“ is definitely useless garbage clickbait.
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Please be soon. Please be soon. Please be soon.
Flare_Starchild on
Relevant part of the article with some extra info:
„So, what could happen if the 2024 YR4 asteroid hit the Moon? Astronomer Pawan Kumar, former researcher at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, explained it clearly:
“It won’t be a cause for concern. Any lunar debris ejected into space would burn up in Earth’s atmosphere if it ever reached near-Earth space.”
Basically, there wouldn’t be any risk for our planet. The result would be a new crater on the lunar surface, visible for telescopes and maybe even for amateur astronomers. What’s more, small fragments could be seen entering the terrestrial atmosphere creating possible meteor showers.“
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NASA confirms: I could win the lottery in coming years
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Wasn’t this official months ago? We already knew this. Is this old clickbait or new clickbait?
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People saying that if it hits the moon, it’s no risk to Earth, all we get is meteors, forget all the satellites in orbit. Multiple satellites could be affected, and if some of them are hit bad enough to spread debris, that could start a very unfortunate change of events.
So no, no threat to humans on earth, unless some of those humans like to make long distance phone calls or watch HBO, etc
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There’s a 0.01% chance that this asteroid **could**hit the moon. Stop posting this crap.
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Fire up the rocket and nuke it. Protect the Moon from such a vicious attack!
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Could, Might, Should, Possible. Why does Space news do this?
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The asteroid was discovered by the ATLAS telescope in Chile. Its orbital parameters were refined by JWST.
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The word ‚could‘ is doing an enormous amount of heavy lifting here, as is always the case with ‚headlines‘ like this.
Saving you a click:
Asteroid 2024 YR4 was previously estimated to have a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Now, Earth is forecast to be in the clear but the Moon might be at (unspecified) risk of getting impacted. If that happens, it’s no big deal – we’ll just be able to see a new crater on the Moon.
Thinking maybe it’s time to buy a telescope over here
Any headline starting with “It’s official—“ is definitely useless garbage clickbait.
Please be soon. Please be soon. Please be soon.
Relevant part of the article with some extra info:
„So, what could happen if the 2024 YR4 asteroid hit the Moon? Astronomer Pawan Kumar, former researcher at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, explained it clearly:
“It won’t be a cause for concern. Any lunar debris ejected into space would burn up in Earth’s atmosphere if it ever reached near-Earth space.”
Basically, there wouldn’t be any risk for our planet. The result would be a new crater on the lunar surface, visible for telescopes and maybe even for amateur astronomers. What’s more, small fragments could be seen entering the terrestrial atmosphere creating possible meteor showers.“
NASA confirms: I could win the lottery in coming years
Wasn’t this official months ago? We already knew this. Is this old clickbait or new clickbait?
People saying that if it hits the moon, it’s no risk to Earth, all we get is meteors, forget all the satellites in orbit. Multiple satellites could be affected, and if some of them are hit bad enough to spread debris, that could start a very unfortunate change of events.
So no, no threat to humans on earth, unless some of those humans like to make long distance phone calls or watch HBO, etc
There’s a 0.01% chance that this asteroid **could**hit the moon. Stop posting this crap.
Fire up the rocket and nuke it. Protect the Moon from such a vicious attack!
Could, Might, Should, Possible. Why does Space news do this?
The asteroid was discovered by the ATLAS telescope in Chile. Its orbital parameters were refined by JWST.