Which is worse? Getting hit with bird poop while standing still, or while riding a motorcycle down the highway?
Comment on What would happen to the Earth if it got booped by a giant asteroid going super slowly?
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoMaybe it comes in at such an extreme orbit that it boops without falling straight down?
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Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 4 weeks ago
Air resistance would slow it down so it’s falling at 11m/sec, or it would tear it apart
SGforce@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
It would deflect off the atmosphere like a stone