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I wonder how big it was. Seems like it would have to be pretty big to be that bright, but maybe it's one of those things that defy our regular intuition.
by elihu 4y ago
I wonder how big it was. Seems like it would have to be pretty big to be that bright, but maybe it's one of those things that defy our regular intuition.
- actually_a_dog 4y agoI don't know, but compared to the scale of the gigantic crater that's visible in the image, whatever it was was pretty much nothing in the grand scheme.
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoThe impact that made that huge crater must have been an amazing light show...
- elihu 4y agoI've never thought of this before, but I imagine the ground could have glowed for minutes or hours, and been visible from Earth. That would have been quite something to see from a safe distance.
- actually_a_dog 4y agoI bet it did. The dinosaurs were probably impressed.
- _joel 4y agoDoesn't have to be that big really.
- Timwi 4y agoThe brightness is a function of momentum, meaning, it could be large or it could just be unfathomably fast.
- csomar 4y agoRather than size, I wonder how much energy the impact released. Waiting for the videos that will do a simulation of what would have happened if this have hit earth.