stopthatgirl7Oct 4, 2023

Giant asteroid the size of 1,000 capybaras to pass Earth Tuesday - NASA

While the asteroid is traveling too far to pose any risk to the Earth, a possible impact event with it could become a worldwide catastrophe.

https://www.jpost.com/science/space/article-761322

Giant asteroid the size of 1,000 capybaras to pass Earth Tuesday - NASA

Asteroid 349507 (2008 QY) is around 1.2 kilometers in diameter, or around 1,000 capybaras – large enough that an impact event (which won't happen now) could be a worldwide catastrophe.

The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com
Show threadProtoknucklesOct 4, 2023
American really will use any measurement except metric
Show threadunoriginalsinOct 5, 2023
And we’ll misapply it as well. The asteroid isn’t the size of 1000 capybaras, it’s as wide as 1000 capybaras lined up. Assuming it’s roughly spherical, it’s actually closer to the size of 524,000,000 capybaras.
Show threadohitsbreadleyOct 5, 2023
We talking length or width?
Show threadunoriginalsin
Volume.
Oct 5, 2023 at 3:35pmWeb