Asteroid 2024 YR4 Threatens Satellites

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Asteroid on collision course with moon could cover Earth with SHRAPNEL

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City-killer asteroid 2024 YR4 still has a 4.3% chance of hitting Earth in 2032 .

It would hit the moon at over 29,000mph ( 46,800 kmph ) and create a crater.

This would be the biggest lunar impact in the last 5,000 years .

If the asteroid hits in the right place, Earth 's gravity could funnel 10 to 30 per cent of the ejected material directly towards our planet.

This could have devastating consequences for satellites in low- Earth orbit.

Dr Wiegert 's calculations show that the shrapnel could cause a decade 's worth of damage in just days .

Scientists in California have been firing projectiles at meteorites to simulate the best methods of altering the course of an asteroid so that it wouldn't hit Earth .

An asteroid like Bennu that is rich in carbon could need several small bumps to charge its course.

Another idea, known simply as 'nuke', involves blowing up a nuclear explosive close to the asteroid.

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