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New algorithm spots its first "potentially hazardous" near-Earth asteroid — and it's 600 feet long::The algorithm will eventually be used at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory​, a survey telescope being built in Chile.

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Scientists were able to confirm that the asteroid "poses no risk to Earth for the foreseeable future."

So I have I have to get up for work Monday

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Pretty much. Gotta pay those bills too.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Darn it. It could at least have had the decency to hit my landlord.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I hate clickbait. I hate we're all going to die clickbait.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You’ll be shocked when you find out when on page 3, though!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Well you're going to die some day. Does that make you feel better?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago (3 children)

That's about 200 meters for anyone who doesn't use feet.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

does anybody take their hands off to walk? I find it annoying to reattach them later

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To give an idea of size, 200m is about twice the length that you run in a 100m sprint.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Hmm, need banana for scale.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I need it in Bald Eagles to really understand

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

Fucking do it.