Asteroid 349507 (2008 QY) is around 1.2 kilometers in diameter, or around 1,000 capybaras – large enough that an impact event (which won't happen now) could be a worldwide catastrophe.

While the asteroid is traveling too far to pose any risk to the Earth, a possible impact event with it could become a worldwide catastrophe.

  • Mango@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Right? There’s no way 1000 capybaras can fill it if they’re just reaching across the middle.