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[โ€“] [email protected] 84 points 1 month ago (10 children)

I don't think this is possible. As far as I know, osmium is the densest element. A 355 cc chunk of osmium would only be about eight kilograms. I'm not sure what mass a baby elephant has, but I'm going to assume three of them would be well above eight kilos.

[โ€“] IrateAnteater 30 points 1 month ago

The article writer got things confused. The meteor is the size of Dr Hans Pepper, not the soft drink Dr Pepper.

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