Submitted 1 day ago by flango@lemmy.eco.br to technology@lemmy.world
https://spectrum.ieee.org/planetary-defense-killer-asteroids
What happens when a golf-cart-sized spacecraft collides with an asteroid? Learn about NASA’s daring DART mission.
And in 2029, a 340-meter asteroid called Apophis—after the Egyptian god of chaos and darkness—will pass within 32,000 km of Earth, which is closer than some geosynchronous satellites. This will happen on 13 April 2029—Friday the 13th, that is.
We’re cooked
funny thing the astronomers were fans of sg1, thats why its named apophis, and yes its also a egyptian god.
Don’t look up!
Don’t threaten me with a good time…
if it were a 10km iron bolide it would be different.
It gets the clamps. The laser clamps.
TachyonTele@piefed.social 1 day ago
What happens is we hope and we pray. But we're always dismayed at the end.
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Only a ~2% chance 4 years from now. And it’s an order of magnitude smaller than the one that hit Chicxulub. Yawn