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Could we spot an extinction-level asteroid?
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cm0002 lemdro.id cm0002@lemdro.id
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🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 pawb.social Kolanaki@pawb.social
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It'd probably be hard to miss even with the naked eye if it was close enough.

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plyth feddit.org plyth@feddit.org
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We regularly do. The bigger question is, can we spot all, and, can we do something about it?

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Chais sh.itjust.works Chais@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-12
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It'd probably be hard to miss even with the naked eye if it was close enough.

Once you can see it with the unaided eye, it's way too late. We're talking about a dark (read non-emissive) object, so you're trying to spot a black dot on a black background. You'll only see it occasionally if it occludes something or happens to reflect sunlight, which isn't a given.

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auzy1 lemmy.world auzy1@lemmy.world
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We regularly do. The bigger question is, can we spot all, and, can we do something about it?

Absolutely. But we must start to train oil drillers to become astronauts now

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Asetru feddit.org Asetru@feddit.org
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Once you can see it with the unaided eye, it's way too late. We're talking about a dark (read non-emissive) object, so you're trying to spot a black dot on a black background. You'll only see it occasionally if it occludes something or happens to reflect sunlight, which isn't a given.

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