Predicted asteroid crashes on atmosphere

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Predicted asteroid crashes on atmosphere

Post by Rauf » Sun Jan 21, 2024 6:41 pm


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Re: Predicted asteroid crashes on atmosphere

Post by AVAO » Mon Jan 22, 2024 5:07 am

"The next possible dangerous collision could happen in 2182, when there is a 1 in 2,700 chance that a small near-Earth asteroid named Bennu could penetrate the atmosphere."

But no fear: they will manage it :wink:

"The space agency in 2022 successfully crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid at 15,000 miles per hour in a doomsday scenario test run to prepare for deflecting one that was hurling towards the planet."
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