cm0002@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoPotentially dangerous 366-meter asteroid approaches Earthwww.europesays.comexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: science@lemmy.ml
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minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoThe way I understand it is the distant future part. Even if you calculate its orbit very well there’s always a level of uncertainty that grows with time, news outlets never show the error bars.
minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·12 days agoOnly if you keep making measurements
The way I understand it is the distant future part. Even if you calculate its orbit very well there’s always a level of uncertainty that grows with time, news outlets never show the error bars.
Uncertainty shrinks with time.
Only if you keep making measurements