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submitted 1 year ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/astronomy@mander.xyz

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[–] casmael@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Okay so how big is this meteor then

[–] everett@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exactly one meteor wide. Do you need the height as well?

[–] dellish@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is it meteoric?

[–] everett@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

The meteorest.

[–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 11 points 1 year ago

It's around 1000 millimeteors

[–] Norgoroth@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

130 - 400 meters

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Listed in the article:

Scientists estimate that 2024 YR4 is between 130 to 300 feet (40 and 90 meters) wide

[–] spongeborgcubepants@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How many giraffes is it tho

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

!anythingbutmetric@discuss.tchncs.de

[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Fuck, I was hoping for a 10-15 km wide one.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Were it to hit it would hit like a large nuke