Summary
A 27-inch asteroid, C0WEPC5, entered Earth’s atmosphere over Siberia on Tuesday, creating a harmless but visible fireball.
This marked Earth’s fourth detected asteroid strike of the year and only the 11th “imminent impactor” ever recorded.
The asteroid was detected by the Kitt Peak National Observatory ahead of impact, showcasing advancements in asteroid detection.
Separately, a larger asteroid, 2020 XR, measuring 1,200 feet in diameter, will safely pass Earth on Wednesday at a distance of 1.37 million miles.
I don’t understand why imperialists decided to use one apostrophe to indicate the larger unit and two to indicate the smaller unit. It makes no bloody sense.
There’s a long list of things we do that make no sense. We’ve got damn good food though
Uh I’d just like to point out that a meter is m and a milimeter, which is shorter, is mm. So y’all apparently don’t make any bloody sense in metric either.
’ = foot
‘’ = foot foot?
mm = meter meter so 2 meters amirite?
Making fun of the imperial system is an old game and so easy to play that I’ve never seen anyone actually lose at it, until now. LOL
says “mm = millimeters” next response “mm = meter meter”. Good troll. Truly outwitted yourself there.
Reaching. Anyway…