Titanic asteroid the size of 84 orcas to pass Earth on Monday - NASA

Arcanus, 11 months ago

But how many washing machines is it?

iie, 11 months ago

hell yeah we should measure every object by how many orcas it is

troyunrau, 11 months ago

What a terrible title. Also, that image is of asteroid 243 Ida which is very far away :)

medicsofanarchy, 11 months ago

Terrible headline due to scaling factors. Is it a "killer asteroid" since we're measuring in "killer whales"? Do we expect it to break in half and sink into the atmosphere Titanic-ally? Does someone have an orcastick, which is like a yardstick but measures orca lengths instead of yards?

BioMando, 11 months ago

Americans will use anything as a measurement unit except the SI, it seems

coralof, 11 months ago

Seriously, I'm American but I still know how long a meter is. Why not just say 'an 830 meter wide asteroid'? Now I keep imagining a meteor in the shape of a giant whale.

sin_free_for_00_days, 11 months ago

Asteroid 488453 (1994 XD) is as wide as 830 meters, according to NASA.