minus-squareLostXOR@fedia.ioOPtoAstronomy@mander.xyz•Asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 1.94% chance to hit the Moon (according to my own calculations)linkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoYep, even the best telescopes have a bit of inaccuracy in their measurements, and we haven’t been tracking it for long enough to determine its orbit with enough precision to know its exact trajectory. linkfedilink
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LostXOR@fedia.io to Astronomy@mander.xyz · 5 days agoAsteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 1.94% chance to hit the Moon (according to my own calculations)plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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Yep, even the best telescopes have a bit of inaccuracy in their measurements, and we haven’t been tracking it for long enough to determine its orbit with enough precision to know its exact trajectory.