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These are the asteroids to worry about

Veritasium · 81.1M views · 2020-11-30 · 20:06

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Overview

A Veritasium video on the asteroid threat, with UCLA's Dave Jewitt explaining detection efforts and how different asteroid sizes compare in damage.

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HN cites it in asteroid threads for how well-tracked large asteroids are and how hard deflection is.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2021–2023

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ourmandave · 2022-06 · Recommendation

How old is the data? You can only forecast an asteroid's future path so far, given the snapshot of data you have. Veritasium video with Dave Jewitt of UCLA explains a lot about what were doing about asteroids. [VIDEO]

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deepakg · 2023-08 · Reference

This video has comparisons of devastation that would be caused by different sizes (around 7:50 mark) of asteroids: [VIDEO]

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mcint · 2023-08 · Reference

VSauce with packages summary for passive consumption. [VIDEO] And jacquesm's replies to my other comments, [LINK]

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