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hbar@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

Titanic asteroid the size of 84 orcas to pass Earth on Monday - NASA

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Titanic asteroid the size of 84 orcas to pass Earth on Monday - NASA

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hbar@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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Asteroid 488453 (1994 XD) is as wide as 830 meters, according to NASA. However, it is in no danger of hitting the Earth.
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    Americans will use anything as a measurement unit except the SI, it seems

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      Seriously, I’m American but I still know how long a meter is. Why not just say ‘an 830 meter wide asteroid’? Now I keep imagining a meteor in the shape of a giant whale.

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    • EntropicalVacation@midwest.social
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      How many strawberries in a banana?

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        4 metric or 5 short strawberries

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    I mean, I know Orcas are big, but I wouldn’t call 84 of them mooshed together “titanic”

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    What a terrible title. Also, that image is of asteroid 243 Ida which is very far away :)

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    Quick, send an icecube.

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    It takes one orca to take down a yacht. Are 84 orcas enough to take down the whole planet?

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