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Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by GUNITGuy: 7:22pm On Feb 19
delpee:
When is it projected to land? Prayerfully it lands on the sea.
That would be catastrophic leading to a great deadly flood
Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by Hellisreal70: 7:25pm On Feb 19
CoronaVirusPro:


Israel!
Never, unless on your head
Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by OOOKEWALE: 7:25pm On Feb 19
delpee:
When is it projected to land? Prayerfully it lands on the sea.
It might cause a sunami which might even be worse
Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by Winnin009: 7:26pm On Feb 19
Iceberg3:
Lagos?! 500x Hiroshima?!!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

Oloun ni je!


But shebi they said Jupiter's gravity always avail for earth!!?

Delpee is viewing topic,what say ye?
Ahhhh no nahhh...we are sailors nahhh...see delpee o

Ok deep deep sea is ok

It doesn't have to land to bring the destruction. Once it bursts our atmosphere, the sonic boom alone will be catastrophic.

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Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by Chienex24(m): 7:27pm On Feb 19
LagosOrigin:
Lagos

Time to move to South east for safety reasons

U love vawulence
Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by cococandy(f): 7:28pm On Feb 19
Go and take your medicine pls
Stolen:
The people that rock is coming for are hoping to divert it to the South.


They will send Nuke and complete their own doom.


That stone get area-code and post code.



We tell them our God and Bible is the only gospel and good news but they will not hear.


Judgement is coming...


All of you at the reach of this message have been warned.


cc cococandy


See Daniel 2 for explanation of the statue and give your life to christ.

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Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by redcliff: 7:28pm On Feb 19
Stolen:


Them go nuke am to shift am come south and seal their faith.

I strongly doubt that. The pieces from the blast will spread even if the direction changes
Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by Jazzman01: 7:28pm On Feb 19
It is things like this that might eventually lead to the end of the world and human existence. There are millions of asteroids orbiting out there and we can't continue to be lucky each time.

Another sure factor that can lead to the end of the world and human existence is the death of the sun just like every other star out there. Scientists currently put the remaining lifespan at several million years so it is nothing to worry about.

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Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by OOOKEWALE: 7:29pm On Feb 19
Asteroid 2024 YR4 is a near-Earth object that has a very small chance (currently estimated at 2.3%) of impacting Earth on December 22, 2032. However, NASA experts believe that with more observations, this probability is likely to drop to zero, as has happened with many other asteroids previously flagged as potential threats​
BL

The asteroid is estimated to be between 130 and 300 feet (40-100 meters) in size. If it were on the smaller end, an impact would likely be similar to the Tunguska event in 1908, which flattened a large forested area in Siberia. If it’s closer to the larger estimate, the consequences would be more severe​

NASA and other space agencies are continuing to monitor the asteroid, and the James Webb Space Telescope will take more precise measurements in March 2025. These observations will help scientists better determine the asteroid's orbit and whether any planetary defense actions might be necessary​
Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by Ameboperoo(m): 7:30pm On Feb 19
delpee:
When is it projected to land? Prayerfully it lands on the sea.
Have you heard of Tsunamis before?

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Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by Love800(m): 7:30pm On Feb 19
Actually am looking at it from the science part.
And concerning about God, i dont really know wedar God exist. But i just know that there is an unforeseen guardian angel soaring over me!
Stolen:


It is your disrespect of God that wil kill everybody but the earth will remain.
Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by Stolen: 7:31pm On Feb 19
cococandy:
Go and take your medicine pls


Continue eating Burger and pancake...


Soon u will remember this message and it will help you, let us hope it will not be too late then.


If i didnt say what i know here, God will blame me for hiding what i have been watching since 2021.


As them dey panic now, i just dey laugh because i wonder if they did not see it before.


Itr seems the closer it gets, the more sure they are it will hit earth.

In 2021, they said it will pass by very close but miss earth, now e don change.

u wait!
Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by Acidosis(m): 7:32pm On Feb 19
Once the odds get to 30-45%, I'm leaving Lagos to my father's house. "Awa Lagos, Not Your Lagos"? 🤔

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Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by DeOTR: 7:33pm On Feb 19
UHLmoving:
Lagos keh?

No need to panic.

If at all, it will drop into the Atlantic ocean far from our stores.
That means Lagos will still be wiped out, but by water.
Nothing to worry about anyways. Nothing will happen to our Lagos.

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Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by Stolen: 7:36pm On Feb 19
Love800:
Actually am looking at it from the science part.
And concerning about God, i dont really know wedar God exist. But i just know that there is an unforeseen guardian angel soaring over me!

Guy, u are talking to the wrong man.

I have past all this stage.


Waitin person don pass, e don pass am.


There are comments u make and i draw conclusions that even u cannot begin to imagine.

Stay off my mention.
Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by EndBuhariNow(m): 7:36pm On Feb 19
Ok let it fall in Lagos kiss
Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by SouthernPlateau: 7:36pm On Feb 19
Zionmdde:
It will never happen
Many of these kind of projections, yet none has materialized

Don't talking so, u know anything Nigeria na bad luck.. Maybe this time e go nack Naija. =just follow the trend and pre evacuate to Ghana
Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by LagosOrigin: 7:38pm On Feb 19
omoadeleye:
Eni kure, una wan take style use nuclear weapons in guise of astroid
😂😂
Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by Love800(m): 7:39pm On Feb 19
I saw truth in it. The way it appeared in my reasoning. Even the sun. The sun is going through some metamorphosis(processes) that may not align well with earth later in the future.
Even we human beings, we distrupt the climate, weather, and space with our activities. Our industries produces some harmful chemical waste that is deteriorating the surface of the earth!
Omoapena:


lol, be letting this scientist be gaslighting you, where will the moon go to?

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Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by tuoyoojo(m): 7:41pm On Feb 19
It's not up to 5 percent chance
Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by codemaniacs: 7:41pm On Feb 19
Mrexcell:




Not false huge asteroids have landed on earth before it was asteroids that wiped out dinasors minions of years ago.

asteriods have never landed on earth..

dinosaurs never existed.
Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by DigitB: 7:42pm On Feb 19
So Nigerian space agency was sleeping that NASA has to be the one to notice the asteroid.

Waste of yearly allocations
Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by Love800(m): 7:44pm On Feb 19
Okay.
Stolen:


Guy, u are talking to the wrong man.

I have past all this stage.


Waitin person don pass, e don pass am.


There are comments u make and i draw conclusions that even u cannot begin to imagine.

Stay off my mention.
Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by CaptainFM1: 7:45pm On Feb 19
Editorialtimes:
The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth have surged, reaching a historic probability threshold that has raised concerns among scientists and global space agencies. According to NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), the asteroid now has a 1 in 32 (3.1%) chance of impact, a sharp increase from earlier predictions.

Initially discovered in December 2024, its impact probability was 1.2% (1 in 83) before doubling to[b] 2.3% on February 7[/b], then rising to 2.6% earlier this week, and now hitting its highest recorded figure. These odds make 2024 YR4 the most dangerous asteroid currently tracked, surpassing even the 2004 predictions for Apophis, which had a 2.7% chance of striking Earth before later calculations ruled it out.



Lagos at Risk if Asteroid Strikes

Measuring between 131 and 295 feet in diameter, YR4 is large enough to generate an 8-megaton explosion, equivalent to 500 times the power of the Hiroshima atomic bomb.

Among the major cities in the asteroid’s projected trajectory is Lagos, Nigeria, one of the world’s most densely populated urban centers. With over 20 million residents, an impact on Lagos Island, Ikeja, or Victoria Island could result in catastrophic destruction, wiping out entire districts and severely affecting surrounding areas.



No Immediate Cause for Panic—Yet

Despite the alarming statistics, scientists urge the public not to panic.



Experts predict that the impact probability may continue to rise before eventually dropping to zero, as has been the case with many previously tracked asteroids.

To refine the risk assessment, NASA and the ESA will deploy the James Webb Space Telescope, using its infrared instruments to accurately measure the asteroid’s size and determine its exact trajectory.

The ESA confirmed that NASA, ESA, and other space agencies will analyze this data to assess the risk and prepare any necessary response measures.

Source: https://thebureau.com.ng/nasa-raises-alarm-over-city-killer-asteroid-2024-yr4-with-lagos-in-its-path/

Our government should better shed more light to us. Not sure our disaster management agencies and EMS can deal with this "apocalypse" if it happens. What contingency or evacuation plan do we have if this ever happens?

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Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by Mrexcell(m): 7:46pm On Feb 19
codemaniacs:


asteriods have never landed on earth..

dinosaurs never existed.



Go to museums in the US and see their physical skeletons on display.
Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by codemaniacs: 7:48pm On Feb 19
Mrexcell:




Go to museums in the US and see their physical skeletons on display.

those are the work of material engineers and not real bones..
Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by nedekid: 7:53pm On Feb 19
Quelme:
Some people will rejoice over this news because Lagos has been mentioned. Una know una self...
Oya link it to PO, you are doing well so far.

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Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by codemaniacs: 7:59pm On Feb 19
CaptainFM1:


Our government should better shed more light to us. Not sure our disaster management agencies and EMS can deal with this "apocalypse" if it happens. What contingency or evacuation plan do we have if this ever happens?

Any info you get on it will be from whyte people even if you hear info from your govt it is what whyte people has told them to say that they will say...

Nigeria Space Agency did not notice the asteriod but whyte people noticed it.. that means the Nigerians Space Agency is a useless agency and it just waits for orders from whyte people before it says anything..

it is D:angote refinery they are targeting.. they want to use nuclear bom:bs on Lagos.
Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by AerialMapper: 8:00pm On Feb 19
No fear! If one man can tame the Atlantic; what is small asteroid that he cannot tame!
Re: NASA Raises Alarm Over ‘City-killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 With Lagos In Its Path by FutureFocus: 8:01pm On Feb 19
Hahahahah 😂, they want to scare us away, lies as usual

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