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NASA has discovered an asteroid called 2023DW that they say has a small chance of impacting the Earth in 2046. It's about 49 meters across (161 feet).

Before you start smoking again, it currently only has a Torino Scale value of 1 (nothing to worry about) but they are still calculating its orbit more exactly and that could change.

Still, it has about a 1/500 chance of impacting the Earth with a Tunguska sized hit.

Of course, by 2046 the Space Force should have enough of Elon's Starships to send a battle fleet to take care of it.

https://twitter.com/AsteroidWatch/status...1526523904

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/asteroids/#/a...ds/2023_dw

https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/sentry/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torino_scale

may i vote for it to hit moscow ?

I'll be 86. I'll be lucky if I'm still here. It's certainly a dramatic way of goin out. Not hanging around for the asteroid winter though even if I have to off myself..