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Odds of asteroid YR4 hitting Earth just went up again, reaching new high (globalnews.ca)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Yep, the plan to redirect it, if needed, would've been to hit it as it went past in 2028. (Its orbit has been refined enough by now to be nearly certain it won't hit the Earth).