Destroying Asteroid 2024 Yr4 Is the Best Option to Stop It From Hitting the Moon
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The article suggests destroying asteroid 2024 YR4 as the best option to prevent it from hitting the Moon, sparking skepticism and discussion about the feasibility and implications of such an approach.
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> Except an asteroid this large could create a huge debris field that would increase the micrometeoroids hitting the Earth by up to 1,000 times the normal background average for a few days. While that would make for one of the best meteor shows of the last few hundred years, it would also pose a danger to Earth-orbiting satellites and even astronauts on the ISS and other space stations