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LOL Who cares about a stupid asteroid that is only 82 feet!!!

Let's worry about an asteroid that is the size of NY!!

14 posted on 02/02/2017 9:00:09 AM PST by KavMan
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To: KavMan

How long would they have to bitch and moan and tell us they told us so if they found a planet killer?


17 posted on 02/02/2017 9:14:48 AM PST by Delta 21 (The minority demands NOTHING !)
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To: KavMan

An unforeseen rock that size could easily be interpreted as a nuke first-strike, that’s why, and google ‘US crater lakes’ to get an idea of the damage they do.


18 posted on 02/02/2017 9:17:16 AM PST by txhurl (Break's over, kids, back to WAR.)
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To: KavMan

The Chelyabinsk meteor was about 60 feet, and (fortunately) it was still high in the atmosphere when it exploded.

Here’s a article about 150 feet of asteroid:

What If Friday’s Flyby Asteroid Hit Earth?
By Stephanie Pappas, Live Science Contributor | February 12, 2013 07:33am ET

“On Friday (Feb. 15), an asteroid half the length of a football field will buzz close by Earth. It won’t hit the planet, but if it did, the collision would create an impact large enough to level 80 million trees — or the entire city of Washington, D.C., and its suburbs.”

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/195575/20170202/astronaut-mris-show-how-spaceflight-alters-brain-shape.htm

see also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_event#Frequency_and_risk

“Asteroids with a diameter of 7 meters enter the atmosphere about every 5 years with as much kinetic energy as the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima (approximately 16 kilotons of TNT), but the air burst is reduced to just 5 kilotons.[7] These ordinarily explode in the upper atmosphere and most or all of the solids are vaporized.[9] However, asteroids with a diameter of 20 m (66 ft), and which strike Earth approximately twice every century, produce more powerful airbursts. The 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor was estimated to be about 20 m in diameter with an airburst of around 500 kilotons, an explosion 30 times the one over Hiroshima. Much larger objects may impact the solid earth and create a crater.”


20 posted on 02/02/2017 9:20:17 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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