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Nick James
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The madness has already begun. Stories written by journos who don’t really understand orbital dynamics and probability and headlines attached by sub-eds to maximise click-through.

Apparently, if you live on the Moon, you should now be very afraid:

https://www.independent.co.uk/space/asteroid-heading-earth-2024-yr4-moon-china-b2696593.html

This is at the less sensational end of the spectrum. Google will bring up others.

This is all based on some reasonable statements from David Rankin that have been mildly sensationalised in New Scientist and then got the full treatment in the “popular” media.