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this post was submitted on 16 May 2025
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Damage in the impact
An estimated 189 people would be vaporized in the crater
The crater is 542 m deep
Your asteroid impacted the ground at 17 km/s
The impact is equivalent to 5 Gigatons of TNT
More energy was released than a hurricane releases in a day
An impact this size happens on average every 88,000 years
An estimated 355,850 people would die from the fireball
An estimated 631,250 people would receive 3rd degree burns
An estimated 1,076,394 people would receive 2nd degree burns
Trees would catch on fire within 94 km of the impact
An estimated 4,588 people would die from the shock wave
Anyone within 33 km would likely receive lung damage
Anyone within 43 km would likely have ruptured eardrums
Buildings within 76 km would collapse
Homes within 101 km would collapse
An estimated 465,284 people would die from the wind blast
Wind within 23 km would be faster than storms on Jupiter
Homes within 37 km would be completely leveled
Within 66 km it would feel like being inside an EF5 tornado
Nearly all trees within 109 km would be knocked down
An estimated 1,823 people would die from the earthquake.
The earthquake would be felt 192 km away
That's a crazy amount of damage. Sign me up!
Don't give me hope again.
According to NASA, the length of the celestial object is 366 meters. The distance from 387746 (2003 MH4) to the planet Earth will be 6,676,580 km.
If an asteroid approaches the Earth at a distance closer than 7.5 million kilometers and its size exceeds 150 meters, NASA considers it a “potentially hazardous object.”
So there is basically no chance of impact as I understand it unless some suuuuuuuuper unexpected shit happens I guess.
Did they account for this persons giant magnet pulling it closer?
Yes as I'm afraid that was one of the expected parts.
Damn maybe next time
It's potentially hazardous, that sounds pretty hazardous to me, which is basically hazardous, which means it's surely hazardous, and surely means a sure thing. So buckle up!
me with my giant magnet
Ooo ooo ooo!
I've got giant meteor! Along with fascist dictator, budding violent revolution (8647), economic collapse, and developing global war (WWIII), that gives me...
BINGO
Comrade Comey will you lead the vanguard
Don't look up!
Less if you look up and see the rock quiet in the sky, turning bigger and bigger.
366 meters doesn't sound nice and round.
How about 3 football fields?
3 football pitches*. If it were in yards, then it would be fields.
I'd prefer my measurements in giraffes
It's finally time.
Nice. I hope no countries misread it as an attack on their sovereignty by their neighbours and use it as cassus belli to invade
how could anyone interpret a meteor impact as cause for war?
Someone can surely figure something out with a bit of imagination.
How big is that in baby giraffes?
Will this asteroid ever return to near earth collision?
Not after the collision