Titanic asteroid the size of 84 orcas to pass Earth on Monday - NASA
Titanic asteroid the size of 84 orcas to pass Earth on Monday - NASA
Asteroid 488453 (1994 XD) is as wide as 830 meters, according to NASA. However, it is in no danger of hitting the Earth.
Americans will use anything as a measurement unit except the SI, it seems
Orca is a bit obscure way to measure something. What would this be strawberries so we're all on the same page?
How many strawberries in a banana?
4 metric or 5 short strawberries
I mean, I know Orcas are big, but I wouldn't call 84 of them mooshed together "titanic"
Yeah, the comparison is straight up odd. 84 busses? Sure. A shit ton of watermelons, ok. How many of us see orcas enough to use as a frame of reference?
@ada I asssume it was the Jerusalem Post, and not NASA, who decided to convert meters to orcas?
(Also, excuse me, this is mostly an experiment to see how replying to comments on Lemmy via Mastodon works…)