The global astronomical community expects the odds of an asteroid to hit Earth in December 2032 to eventually fall to zero.
I love how they make it seem like some insider expertise versus knowing basics of how percentages work.
this post was submitted on 20 Feb 2025
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Everyone hoping there's still a chance, you need to remember... this is only a city-killer asteroid.
We need to hope for a much bigger asteroid.
Would have been funny if it hit Buenos aires
As long as it falls on the right city, it would do the entire world a massive, once in 500 years favor.
Unfortunately North America doesn't fall under the possible impact zone
There would be enough warning to get people out of the city.
If it does, I think a bunch of new religions are going to pop up.
Washington D.C. I hope.
So you're telling me there's still a chance
The way the world is going, it might not be a bad thing if it hits us.
Bets on it being totally ignored by the world if it turns out to be aimed at Africa?
Africa actually does seem to be the most likely impact if it were to hit. The predicted impact would be along the equator.
There is this fun toy see/calculate the potential effect of any asteroid collision: https://neal.fun/asteroid-launcher/
If it hits any city, that is wiped out. If it hit anything else, chances are damages are moderate.
What do we need to get this to %100?
It's probably made up of dense materials like iron. Let's pile all the earth's magnets at the White House!
I'll give mine, as long as someone helps with the shipping!
So you're tell me there's a chance?
Relevant username
I'm a Powerball man...
Those are great odds!
Sure hope so!
As someone who's played MMOs, 1.5% chance is actually pretty high.
I would sleep like a baby if it had these odds, lol.
As someone who's played XCom, a 1.5% chance of a bad thing (questionable) means it's gonna critically hit
As someone who played Ragnarok Online extensively, 1.5% for a single monster kill means I will never find that item.
Not to mention cards’ .01% drop rate ugh
Can we please not post daily updates? This is still 7 years away
Don’t look up.
I am down to have monthly updates for the next few years, weekly updates through 2031, and daily updates throughout 2032
I just feel like if we do daily updates for the next 7 years when it's in all likelihood going to miss us, we'll be too complacent when an asteroid does have an impact trajectory
Damn
Keep looking, there's got to be something out there that can hit us!
I'm not sure if you saw the recent news but we have a possible new mummy curse, never give up hope
Yeah, but mummies can be friendly.. asteroids are a sure thing. Just ask the dinosaurs.
"Hey, little guy, is an asteroid gonna kill us all?"
Cluck cluck!
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Reminder that the asteroid is only large enough to destroy a city and, even given the rare chance of it hitting Earth, in all likelihood would land in the ocean and cause no damage. It's not a doomsday asteroid
Here you simulate some of the effects. Pretty fun to drop an asteroid on some asshat from my youth's house. Less fun when it wiped out my entire city and evaporated my parents. Welp.. can't have it all I guess. https://neal.fun/asteroid-launcher/
imagine if it falls and perfectly annihilates the trump administration though
Unfortunately, Washington is outside of the possible impact zone. (Well, Washington in Brazil is inside, but it's not about that one.)
DART successfully moved an astroid that was probably way bigger!
Well, that's disappointing..
Just give us the confidence interval and stop updating. We will know better in January 2029 once it has passed by and been tugged by our gravity and the moons.
Please
🙏🙏🙏
Is this the new seven minutes to midnight? We're 1.5% to asteroid.
Boourns!
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Giant Meteor for Earth President 2032!
Why wait? The best time would have been the dawn of civilization. The second best time is now.
Damn. The bugs need to up their accuracy
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