I remain absolutely thrilled to bits when people measure celestial bodies in batshit ways.
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I remain absolutely thrilled to bits when people measure celestial bodies in batshit ways. One of the only good things the human race has done.
Giraffe-size asteroid zooms past Earth closer than a satellite — and astronomers didn't catch it until hours after
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I remain absolutely thrilled to bits when people measure celestial bodies in batshit ways. One of the only good things the human race has done.
Giraffe-size asteroid zooms past Earth closer than a satellite — and astronomers didn't catch it until hours after
@TheBreadmonkey Imagine if aliens were trying to communicate with us by firing asteroids shaped like animals at the earth:
"Let's say hello by sending a giant model of a Snarglefloops at them. That'll get their attention" and "Nothing says 'this asteroid is made entirely from gold' like something shaped like a Qyipnarkle!"
Unfortunately, they are alien animals which happen to be generally asteroid shaped so we don't get the message.
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I remain absolutely thrilled to bits when people measure celestial bodies in batshit ways. One of the only good things the human race has done.
Giraffe-size asteroid zooms past Earth closer than a satellite — and astronomers didn't catch it until hours after
@TheBreadmonkey Me, too
what exactly is "giraffe-sized"? -
@TheBreadmonkey Me, too
what exactly is "giraffe-sized"?@jwcph @TheBreadmonkey Most of the time "size" comparisons in astronomy tends to actually be *mass* comparisons. So my guess would be that giraffe-sized actually means that its mass is roughly equivalent to that of an average-sized adult giraffe.
