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Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer poses significant impact risk (www.esa.int)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

It was what, 1 or 2 percent probability of hitting, and the region in which it could hit included things like a densely populated city.

I wouldn't call that insignificant, insignificant would be 1 in 100,000 chance of hitting the planet, vs 1 in 100. That's dangerous.

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