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April 20th 17, 02:03 PM posted to alt.astronomy
Bast[_2_]
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Half-Mile-Long Asteroid Passing Close !
Whisper wrote:
On 20/04/2017 3:14 PM, Bast wrote:
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i didn't pay much attention to this recent news story
until i read the asteroid is a Half Mile Long...!
my god
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.8bdac014c25c
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-w...t-in-400-years
marc
Not really sure why half mile size makes any difference at all.
Especially as a 1/2 mile asteroid is quite small in compared to many
others.
You are in no more danger if you are not hit by a locomotive, as you
are from not being hit by a sparrow.
And if you are hit,.... it's the speed at which you are hit that
really is what you have to worry about.
Yes, because a half mile asteroid hitting your skull at 50km/hr is very
different to 1,000 km/hr.
Well DUH. at that point it doesn't matter if it's a half mile or half a
foot.
So again, why is the size the only relevant feature ?
BTW many objects in space are generally traveling more in the multi-Km per
second range. which even makes gun bullets slow in comparison.
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