- cross-posted to:
- space
- cross-posted to:
- space
Summary
A 27-inch asteroid, C0WEPC5, entered Earth’s atmosphere over Siberia on Tuesday, creating a harmless but visible fireball.
This marked Earth’s fourth detected asteroid strike of the year and only the 11th “imminent impactor” ever recorded.
The asteroid was detected by the Kitt Peak National Observatory ahead of impact, showcasing advancements in asteroid detection.
Separately, a larger asteroid, 2020 XR, measuring 1,200 feet in diameter, will safely pass Earth on Wednesday at a distance of 1.37 million miles.
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Comparing a 27" asteroid and a 1200’ asteroid as comparable seems wack
At least they didn’t use metric.
Anything but metric, bro. How many bison could fit into that asteroid?
I can’t remember, I actually only use metric now. I think you need to convert asteroids to hogheads first, if they’re tobacco that’s 1000 lbs per hogshead. Frankly it makes my head hurt.
As an American I have no idea why we don’t use metric.
I don’t understand why imperialists decided to use one apostrophe to indicate the larger unit and two to indicate the smaller unit. It makes no bloody sense.
There’s a long list of things we do that make no sense. We’ve got damn good food though
Uh I’d just like to point out that a meter is m and a milimeter, which is shorter, is mm. So y’all apparently don’t make any bloody sense in metric either.
’ = foot
‘’ = foot foot?
mm = meter meter so 2 meters amirite?
Making fun of the imperial system is an old game and so easy to play that I’ve never seen anyone actually lose at it, until now. LOL
says “mm = millimeters” next response “mm = meter meter”. Good troll. Truly outwitted yourself there.
Reaching. Anyway…
The impacts are not comparable but perhaps in terms of detection methods they are handled mostly the same. On the one hand, being able to detect a 27 inch asteroid doesn’t matter much but on the other hand, if you can detect something that small, maybe you can detect anything that does matter. Unfortunately, I don’t think asteroid size is the only factor in detectability. A lot of it has to do with which direction it is coming from and if that is functionally obscured by the Sun or other objects.
The point is, if they could detect a 27” asteroid, something bigger won’t be an issue [for detection].
I’d love to know what percentage of the Earth’s population would be totally fine with an asteroid taking us all out. I’d be willing to bet it’s higher that it’s ever been.
🙋
I’d rather we get eradicated but the rest of nature is fine.
There is a deep sea and creatures living deeply underground. Chance is even if an even wiped out everything on the surface of the earth after some few million years the surface is populated again.
On some sardonic humor level, sure. But I don’t think many people are actually ready to die tomorrow, and no one is ready for an impactor that does something in between like plunge us into 200 years of suffering because we can’t grow 70% of the crops we need.
Separately, a larger asteroid, 2020 XR, measuring 1,200 feet in diameter, will safely pass Earth on Wednesday at a distance of 1.37 million miles.
Boo you removed
Fucking teasing removed.
I have “giant fucking asteroid” on my 2025 bingo card, so I hope they hold out that long.
Someday.
A 27-inch asteroid
Shameless clickbait headline.
Depends on how fast it’s going.
AFAIK meteors come with a velocity spread of about a digit, which translates to a couple digits of energy, and then back to a single digit of blast radius. In Siberia that’s a nothingburger all around.
Also, the headline did say “massive”.
This would finally get rid of taxes.
Lol … I thought you comment said “Texas”
Well, possibly that, too.
Feel free to criticize the Jerusalem Post for other reasons, they deserve it, but their reports on near-miss asteroids where they compare their size to random things is always amusing.
It’s amusing, but not very helpful. Granted, what could the average reader do with an exact size, besides adjust their level of panic?
On second thought, the first one is very easy to picture 😺😸
No banana for scale?
What is an inch, what is a mile, what is a feet?
Is this even about space?
A mile consists of a lot of feet
A foot consists of many inches
Easy peasy.
How many eagles in a mile in freedom units?
We talking wingspan or beak to tip?
Butt to silencer
Who’s aiming these things? If you’re gonna keep throwing them at Russia, then at least put a crater where Putin’s hiding.
Can you please course correct? Earth has a nasty infestation that needs some clearing
Infestation is the correct term
Aliens were supposed to invade today but I guess there wasn’t enough melee in South Korea, so I guess I’ll settle for a colossal asteroid impact instead.
I’ve seen jewelry made from meteorites. It’s cool!
Terry Pratchett apparently had a sword made from a meteorite.
Alec Steele made a video about trying to work meteorite metal.
I’ve seen a movie about a meteorite once.
Wife saw two shooting stars in short succession a few days ago. I wonder if it was little grains preceding this guy or just random junk.
