Chrissy wake up.. I don’t like this..
NASA officials now report a 2.3% chance of an asteroid striking Earth in 2032, up from 1.9% yesterday.
This equates to a 1 in 43 chance of impact, with a 97.7% likelihood that the asteroid will miss. The asteroid is estimated to be between 130 and 330 feet in diameter…
So …there’s that now.
A 196-foot-wide asteroid has a 1-in-83 chance of striking Earth in 2032.
Experts just released a map of where it could impact our planet:
A newly discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 is currently 27 million miles away. According to NASA’s Center of NEO Studies, it has about a 1-in-43 chance of hitting Earth during its closest approach to the planet, which will occur on Dec. 22, 2032.
Catalina Sky Survey engineer and asteroid hunter David Rankin wrote on BlueSky, “This is one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a significantly sized rock ever.”
Scientists say that the “risk corridor” for impact currently runs from South America and across the Atlantic to sub-Saharan Africa.
That said, experts note that uncertainty is still high, and more observations are needed to confirm the projections. They also add that additional data will likely decrease the odds of the asteroid hitting Earth.
Hopefully.. crossing fingers and toes. Otherwise 2032 will feature a hauntingly terrible black Friday..
