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[-] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago

Even if it's at the top end of the predicted range, an impact would be ~40MT equivalent. Enough to level a city, but not an extinction event by any means; plus the likely impact path is across central America, the Atlantic, central Africa and north India - not really regions that have the resources to respond to a threat like this. Personally I'm hoping it misses, because I don't see the counties that could do something about it stepping up right now, so you'd be looking at maybe 100 million people displaced from their homes and an insurmountable humanitarian crisis

[-] kreskin@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

It goes without saying that this is all because of disapproval of .

And the flyby is a test of 'deity's' approval of our next actions. Either way we should immediately lower taxes on the rich.

/s

[-] troed@fedia.io 19 points 1 day ago

Most countries on Earth would treat this as a global catastrophe and put up funds regardless of where it's projected to impact.

Maybe not the current US, though.

[-] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

The US will do it. For money.

Even if it misses, it has a chance to come back every 4 years

[-] bss03@infosec.pub 1 points 22 hours ago

Probably not every 4 years. After 2032, Earth will not be near the intersection point of the two orbits for a while. It might be decades before it's even close.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm Indian and I'm OK with this hitting North India lol

Or Pakistan

Either is fine.

What happens if it crashes into Sahara? Do we get glass desert?

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