2024 YR4 աստերոիդի հնարավոր լուսնային ազդեցությունը 2032 թվականին՝ գիտական հնարավորություններ

"...There's a bright side to every situation...."

"...massive risks to satellites and huge meteors raining down on a large portion of the planet..."

"...a once-in-a-lifetime chance to study the geology, seismology, and chemical makeup of our nearest neighbor..."

"...serendipitous event for physicists who study high-energy impacts..."

"...never-before-collected actual data that is infeasible to get any other way..."

"...clearly be visible from the Pacific region..."

"...Fraser discusses whether we should simply destroy Asteroid 2024 YR4...."

"...plenty of data on how that cooling process works..."

"...help us understand its bombardment history..."

"...shine a light on the moon's interior..."

"...help researchers understand its composition without having to blast it with anything artificial..."

"...essentially a free "large-scale" lunar sample return mission for astronomers..."

"...charred to a crisp by their atmospheric reentry..."

"...you know how spectacular such a display can be..."

"...simulations expect up to 20 million meteors per hour to hit our atmosphere..."

"...most of them with naked-eye visibility..."

"...a few kg of space rock falling on Dubai could certainly cause some damage..."

"...bring the entire network down over the span of a few short years..."

"...locking us out from being able to get anything else safely into orbit for much longer..."

"...we as a species will have to decide whether it's worth the effort to deflect it or not..."

"...we might miss out on a whole bunch of cool science..."

"...we also might save our entire orbital infrastructure and a few lives directly to boot..."