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DoucheAsaurus@kbin.social to Science@kbin.social · 2 years ago

Colossal asteroid the size of 99 narwhals to pass Earth Thursday - NASA

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Colossal asteroid the size of 99 narwhals to pass Earth Thursday - NASA

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DoucheAsaurus@kbin.social to Science@kbin.social · 2 years ago
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Asteroid 2020 DB5 has no relation to the James Bond car the Aston Martin DB5, but this 850-meter asteroid is set to pass Earth soon, according to NASA.
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    I came here to complain about the measurement too, so I’m converting it.
    The Asteroid is 850m across, which is about 28 blue whales long, or 283 bottlenose dolphins, or 1118 golden retrievers.

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      850m? What’s m? That’s not a SI unit (Stupid Imperial)

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        My bad, that is 18.5 Statues of Liberty, or 2 Empire State Buildings, or slightly less than 1 Texas.
        Are those freedom units good enough?

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          “Slightly”

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          Amazingly, yes, all of those are actually helpful lmao

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        It’s approximately 2789 freedom feet

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          You gotta give it to us in refrigerators or we’re not gonna know what you’re talking about.

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