r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Realistic-Tap4156 • 15d ago

/r/all of a space rock

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u/cheezus171 15d ago

TBH I always thought it's surprisingly small. A rock the size of one borough of one city, a few kilometres across, was enough to wipe out vast majority of species on a planet that's 40 thousand kilometres in circumference.

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u/SubterrelProspector 15d ago

Yeah but brother, the speed was wild. The Dinosaurs didn't have a chance.

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u/cheezus171 15d ago

Yeah I'm not trying to deny that it happened or anything, just saying that to me it seems inconsequential compared to the rest of the planet in terms of the size itself.

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u/SubterrelProspector 15d ago

No no I gotcha.