Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but as astronomers make more observations about its trajectory, the odds of a collision are being refined
Also, worst case scenario is that it’ll take out a city, the most likely scenario is that it hits the ocean if it does hit:
The asteroid is thought to be between 40 and 90 metres wide and has the potential to release energy equivalent to 7.7 megatonnes of TNT should it hit Earth – enough to destroy a city.
A really exciting possibility is that there’s a small chance it could hit the moon.
It’s not big enough to significantly affect the moon, so tidal activity would be normal. It would be a sight to behold though, especially through binoculars.
https://xkcd.com/1252/
Also, worst case scenario is that it’ll take out a city, the most likely scenario is that it hits the ocean if it does hit:
A really exciting possibility is that there’s a small chance it could hit the moon.
Exciting in the same kind of way as standing on train tracks with a plastic spork playing chicken with a bullet train.
Ooh, that would make for some really pretty fireworks in the night sky. And some really weird tidal activity afterwards…
It’s not big enough to significantly affect the moon, so tidal activity would be normal. It would be a sight to behold though, especially through binoculars.