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To: SunkenCiv

A cosmic shot past Earth’s ear. Spectacular. And deadly. If that were to have hit in downtown Kiev,or Moscow or anywhere like that, forget about it! One of these day’s though, sooner or later there will be one that will make this one look like a spitball.


4 posted on 02/17/2013 11:34:10 PM PST by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: jmacusa

The crater outside Winslow Arizona is about 3/4 of a mile wide and was caused by an asteroid about 50 yards in diameter. If that were to occur over a large city like New York, there would be nothing left alive.


5 posted on 02/17/2013 11:43:44 PM PST by LukeL (Barack Obama: Jimmy Carter 2 Electric Boogaloo)
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To: jmacusa; LukeL; Eye of Unk

This Russian one was about 50 feet across, the near-miss asteroid was 150 yards across — hence the latter was about three times the size in three dimensions, or about 27 times as massive.


9 posted on 02/18/2013 12:51:17 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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