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Asteroid has small chance of hitting Earth Valentine’s Day 2046


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An asteroid which was discovered late last month has a “very small chance” of impacting Earth on Valentine’s Day in 2046, NASA said on Tuesday, as astronomers worked to gather more data.

2023 DW was first discovered in Chile at the end of February and – after about a week’s worth of observations – has a 1 in 560 chance of hitting Earth at 21:44 UTC on February 14, 2046, according to NASA. 
 

The asteroid is about 50 meters (164 feet) in diameter, more than double in size when compared to the meteor which caused an air burst over Russia in 2013, damaging homes and injuring close to 1,500 people.

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Crazy they can predict it that far on time :psyduck:

 

Especially considering there's a lot of variables to take in. 

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Not world ending size but could be catastrophic for a small area such a city 

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Ava's team really coming through with the PR on this one

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1 in 560 is slim. And it could hit the ocean or a place where no one lives.

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I can’t wait that long 

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4 minutes ago, suburbannature said:

I can’t wait that long 

Same 

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I'd be dead by then

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Till The World Ends getting her RUTH moment in 2046 :duca:

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very good news

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Hide your wives, hide your kids.

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34 minutes ago, aesthetic bih said:

Crazy they can predict it that far on time :psyduck:

 

Especially considering there's a lot of variables to take in. 

The three body problem doesn't allow for full certainty in these kinds of predictions, however these are pretty accurate. 

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And if this is the end — I want a boyfriend :penguin:

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We’re never getting R9. 

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Can we get it sooner?

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America will bomb it

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1 hour ago, TheLastChord said:

The three body problem doesn't allow for full certainty in these kinds of predictions, however these are pretty accurate. 

Interesting... But I'm a flop in physics so I don't really get this i fear

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