The Potential Danger to Satellites Due to Ejecta from a 2032 Lunar Impact by Asteroid 2024 YR4
Paul Wiegert et al 2025 ApJL 990 L20 Seven years from now, 2024 YR4 will have a few percent chance of impacting the Moon and carving out a 1-km-diameter crater; such an impact has a 1% chance of…
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