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Nov 9, 2024

An asteroid hit Earth just hours after being detected. It was the 3rd ‘imminent impactor’ of 2024

Posted by in categories: asteroid/comet impacts, existential risks

A small asteroid burned up in Earth’s atmosphere off the coast of California just hours after being discovered and before impact monitoring systems had registered its trajectory.

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  1. Garry Whitworth Briggs says:

    #DART 2 : send a spacecraft to the asteroid and land with minor jetting for better control of the asteroids direction with it not against its motion!

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