/ 02 November 2022

A ‘Planet killer’ from outer space…

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We know things can be a bit dicey on Wednesday – it’s been a big week already, and there’s a lot more to do… Without meaning to add to the hump day load, we just thought we’d drop into the conversation that astronomers have spotted 3 near-Earth asteroids – and one of them has the potential to be a “planet killer”. Allocated the name of ‘2022 AP7’, it’s about 1.5km long, and it’s the largest potentially hazardous object posing a risk to Earth to be discovered in the last 8 years. Not that it’s an issue for us – it’ll be up to our great-great-great-great-great (you get the idea…) grandchildren to work out what to do about it, with the experts saying there is ​​”an extremely low probability of an impact in the foreseeable future.” Phew… Our great-great-great-great-great (you get the idea…) grandchildren will be living on Mars by then anyway…

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