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> The frequency of an asteroid impact on Earth is ~500,000 years. Surely you could make this figure be anything you want just by scaling up or down the size of
by pfdietz 8mo ago
> The frequency of an asteroid impact on Earth is ~500,000 years.
Surely you could make this figure be anything you want just by scaling up or down the size of an object you call an asteroid. So as stated it's meaningless.
- kmaitreys 8mo agoFair. That number is for a rock of size 1 km. https://catalina.lpl.arizona.edu/faq/how-often-do-asteroids-strike-earth https://catalina.lpl.arizona.edu/faq/how-often-do-asteroids-...