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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] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] coralof 3 points 1 year ago

Seriously, I'm American but I still know how long a meter is. Why not just say 'an 830 meter wide asteroid'? Now I keep imagining a meteor in the shape of a giant whale.

[–] medicsofanarchy 3 points 1 year ago

Terrible headline due to scaling factors. Is it a "killer asteroid" since we're measuring in "killer whales"? Do we expect it to break in half and sink into the atmosphere Titanic-ally? Does someone have an orcastick, which is like a yardstick but measures orca lengths instead of yards?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Orca is a bit obscure way to measure something. What would this be strawberries so we're all on the same page?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How many strawberries in a banana?

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

4 metric or 5 short strawberries

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

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

[–] [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"

[–] Arcanus 1 points 1 year ago

But how many washing machines is it?

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