What if Asteroid Bennu hit Earth? 09FEB2025

What if Asteroid Bennu hit Earth? 

What if Asteroid Bennu hit Earth?

Kelley, Kizer Whitt, EarthSky, February 7, 2025

https://earthsky.org/space/what-if-bennu-hit-earth-simulations/

"Asteroid Bennu is a 1,640-foot-wide (500-meter-wide)

space rock that has a 1-in-2,700 chance of hitting Earth

in September 2182.”

More about asteroid 2024 YR4

Odds of an asteroid impact in 2032 just went up.

Here's why experts say you shouldn't worry

"We are still at 97.7% chance of a miss from this asteroid."

Robert Lea, SpaceCom, https://www.space.com/asteroid-2024yr4-odds-increase-no-concern

Why the Odds of an Asteroid Striking Earth in 2032 Keep Going Up (and Down).

NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the

space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.

New York Times, Robin George Andrews, February 8, 2025, paywalled

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/science/asteroid-yr4-2024-impact-odds.html

Yours,

Paul H.

Impact origin of Grand canyons on the Moon. 07FEB2025

 Impact origin of Grand canyons on the Moon.

Bullet-fast moon rocks carved 2 lunar gorges deeper than the Grand Canyon

Charles Q. Choi, SpaceCom, February 4, 2025

https://www.space.com/the-universe/moon/bullet-fast-moon-rocks-carved-2-lunar-gorges-deeper-than-the-grand-canyon

The open access paper is:

Kring, D.A., Kallenborn, D.P. & Collins, G.S. Grand canyons on the Moon.

Nat Commun 16, 1146 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-55675-z

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-55675-z

Yours,

Paul H.

Astronomers are tracking an asteroid PHA 2024 YR4 that could hit Earth in 2032 02FEB2025

 Astronomers are tracking an asteroid PHA 2024YR4 that could hit Earth in 2032

-Potentially Hazardous Asteroid, PHA 2024 YR4

Astronomers are tracking an asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032

Scott Neuman, Nationalk Public radio, February 2, 2025

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/02/nx-s1-5282071/asteroid-meteor-2024-nasa-earth

Active IAWN Notification, International Asteroid Warning Network

https://iawn.net/index.shtml

Potential for Impact of Near-Earth Asteroid 2024 YR4 on 22 December 2032

https://iawn.net/documents/NOTIFICATIONS/IAWN_Potential_Impact_Notification_2024_YR4.pdf

Yours,

Paul H.