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Asteroid the size of 100 hot dogs to pass Earth on Monday - NASA (www.jpost.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Gaywallet to c/space

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[–] knokelmaat 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The "size" of 100 hot dogs is misleading. It is not a pile of 100 hot dogs to demonstrate the volume of the asteroid, but a line of 100 hot dogs to demonstrate the diameter, which is 16 meters. So in volume, this is a lot more than 100 hot dogs!

[–] slartibartfast42 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Still not very big.

[–] Plus_a_Grain_of_Salt 2 points 2 years ago

You know, I think that's a good thing, I don't think I'd be excited for an enormous asteroid headed towards Earth.

[–] lucien 3 points 2 years ago

And here I was thinking that it was 100 hotdogs lined up end-to-end. What a deceptive headline!