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Anything but metric (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/funny@sh.itjust.works

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[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

According to experts from NASA's Johnson Space Center, the meteor in question was just over 60 centimeters in diameter and weighed half a ton (or around 454 kilograms).

https://www.jpost.com/science/article-732223

So, yeah, they meant the diameter. Doesn't make much sense to me either, but then again, I'm not the one making a living writing science-y articles for a definitely non-science audience.