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Titanic asteroid the size of 84 orcas to pass Earth on Monday - NASA (m.jpost.com)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Americans will use anything as a measurement unit except the SI, it seems

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Asteroid 488453 (1994 XD) is as wide as 830 meters, according to NASA.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I mean, I know Orcas are big, but I wouldn't call 84 of them mooshed together "titanic"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What a terrible title. Also, that image is of asteroid 243 Ida which is very far away :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

hell yeah we should measure every object by how many orcas it is