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So the headline is that a near-Earth object is not only going to miss Earth by a wide margin, but also even if it did hit us nobody would notice...
by hughes 7y ago
So the headline is that a near-Earth object is not only going to miss Earth by a wide margin, but also even if it did hit us nobody would notice...
- Pfhreak 7y agoPeople would definitely notice. A 390 foot meteor bursting into many smaller meteors is still going to be a spectacular show (and likely cause some damage.) It's just not going to be an extinction level event.
- ls612 7y agoEven a 390 ft nickel-iron meteor would only be dangerous if it entered over populated areas and the odds of that are low.
- simonebrunozzi 7y agoWell, assuming my very basic math is right. As said, I am not an expert, and I might be very wrong about how that scenario would have played out.