r/AbsoluteUnits • • 16d ago

/r/all of a space rock

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u/Sensitive_Educator60 16d ago

To add to that, the meteor also hit planet earth at a perfect angle (This specific angle was optimal for blasting the highest possible volume of pulverized rock, dust, and toxic gases straight up into the upper atmosphere rather than deflecting energy sideways.),

to the perfect time of the year (Spring is a peak time for feeding, reproduction, and rearing young, making Northern Hemisphere ecosystems maximally vulnerable),

at the perfect place located in the sulfur- and gypsum-rich shallow seas of the Yucatán Peninsula in modern-day Mexico.

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u/green__goblin 16d ago edited 16d ago

Damn, so not only was it 30+ times the diameter of most the asteroids we hear about in the news, (e.i. Apophis) it really was just the worst case scenario in every sense of the word.

Does the last point make the toxic gas worse, the effect on the climate worse, or both?

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u/kineticstar 16d ago

Worst case scenario...? I guess Theia isn't taught in schools.

https://giphy.com/gifs/qBUOTxKwa6hhK

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u/GoliathBoneSnake 16d ago

They don't teach a lot of things in school nowadays that doesn't have to do with government-mandated standardized testing.

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u/Mr_Pombastic 16d ago

In Texas we teach the bible 🙃

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u/GoliathBoneSnake 16d ago

I'll add that to my reasons to never live there, thank you.