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
It’s not ideal. Then you’d have many still-problematic asteroids going in completely new and unforeseen directions. You want to keep it intact but give it a little nudge, which we have demonstrated we can do from NASA’s DART mission.
But as for blowing up, if it’s in too many pieces, the chances are many of them won’t even arrive to the ground since the smaller the asteroid is, the higher chances of disintegrating in the atmosphere.
They could probably blow it up if it becomes inevitable that it will hit.
It’s not ideal. Then you’d have many still-problematic asteroids going in completely new and unforeseen directions. You want to keep it intact but give it a little nudge, which we have demonstrated we can do from NASA’s DART mission.
That’s good.
But as for blowing up, if it’s in too many pieces, the chances are many of them won’t even arrive to the ground since the smaller the asteroid is, the higher chances of disintegrating in the atmosphere.