Metric vs. other measurement systems - chart

**hemmjo** · Feb 19, 2023, 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by nova_robotics

Holy **** that article is bad. At first glance I incorrectly interpreted the headline as 2.3x the size of the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs (which I'm sure was the intention). Nope, it's 2.3x the size of "a dinosaur." A tiny little jumpy dinosaur or one of the big mofos? Meaningless. Could be anything. So apparently the asteroid is 51m in diameter. That's actually a decent sized chunk. Why didn't they just say that in the headline?

Maybe the writer thinks that more people know how to actually do math and know how big dinosaurs were, than know how big a meter is? OR.. more likely the writer just cannot actually think at all!!!

**schuylergrace** · Feb 19, 2023, 06:33 PM

As soon as they started describing how many busses are in one Chinese spy balloon, I had to think of this thread. There was a better graphic that had the balloon in busses and the payload in cars, but that one's lost in the Interwebs.

Metric vs. other measurement systems - chart-busses-per-spy-balloon-payload.png

**Moby Duck** · Feb 19, 2023, 08:44 PM

This asteroid, should it arrive on target, will abruptly end our climate change worries.

**Frank S** · Feb 19, 2023, 09:33 PM

Originally Posted by Moby Duck

This asteroid, should it arrive on target, will abruptly end our climate change worries.

Maybe the Earth can capture an Ice comet someday and its orbit would gradually deteriorate. Maybe half of it would wind up on the moon the other half raise the sea levels by about 300 feet 75% of the population might have to learn to swim but those are the brakes.

**hemmjo** · Feb 20, 2023, 04:14 AM

Originally Posted by Moby Duck

This asteroid, should it arrive on target, will abruptly end our climate change worries.

Depending on the impact zone, it could end more than just the climate chance concerns!!! Hopefully it will bounce and take out more than one worry!!!

Well we can dream anyway.

**hemmjo** · Feb 20, 2023, 04:31 AM

Crazy, this happened last night. NASA confirms half-ton meteor crashed in South Texas . Is this close to you Frank?

Sorry, guess this happened Wed Feb 15, 2023

**Frank S** · Feb 20, 2023, 07:58 AM

Originally Posted by hemmjo

Crazy, this happened last night. NASA confirms half-ton meteor crashed in South Texas . Is this close to you Frank?

Sorry, guess this happened Wed Feb 15, 2023

Missed me by 550 miles.

**Toolmaker51** · Feb 20, 2023, 02:27 PM

Rhode Island or Kansas miles?.

**Toolmaker51** · Feb 20, 2023, 04:02 PM

Originally Posted by Moby Duck

This asteroid, should it arrive on target, will abruptly end our climate change worries.

Only should trajectory and grace have it manage to crash into one of two specific locations?

**Jon** · Feb 24, 2023, 04:11 PM

Another nice specimen in the extraterrestrial object measurement genre, from a few days ago: https://www.jpost.com/science/article-732223

Note the combination of a specific breed of dog, plus not just an elephant, but 4 baby elephants.