Comment on What would happen to the Earth if it got booped by a giant asteroid going super slowly?

DoubleDongle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

This really can’t happen, but most of the consequences would probably be volcanic at that size. The sudden pressure from a lump thicker than the Earth’s crust would cause earthquakes and probably set off volcanoes.

Lots of people would die from the chaos and likely ensuing volcanic winter, but we’d mostly get by. If there’s anything valuable in it like a mountain of platinum, conflicts over its resources could be more deadly than the impact.

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