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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(121,363 posts) Thu Feb 20, 2025, 09:15 PM Feb 20

Will An Asteroid Hit Earth in 2032?

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Will An Asteroid Hit Earth in 2032? (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 20 OP

Make sure you are someplace safe when it happens. Norrrm Feb 20 #1

From what I heard, it supposedly between 130-300 feet tornado34jh Feb 20 #2

Norrrm

(1,147 posts)

1. Make sure you are someplace safe when it happens.

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Thu Feb 20, 2025, 09:28 PM

Feb 20

tornado34jh

(1,424 posts)

2. From what I heard, it supposedly between 130-300 feet

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Feb 20, 2025, 09:56 PM

Feb 20

For reference, the asteroid that hit Chelyabinsk, Russia in 2013 was around 60 feet. So this would be around 2.2-5 times larger. However, like the Chelyabinsk one, it is expected to be an air burst, which means it explodes in the air and not create an impact crater. Both are stony, which means it is likely to explode over the air.

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