hbar@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoTitanic asteroid the size of 84 orcas to pass Earth on Monday - NASAm.jpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10
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minus-squareBioMando@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoAmericans will use anything as a measurement unit except the SI, it seems
minus-squareCora@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoSeriously, 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.
minus-squareswiftessaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThe joke is funny and sound, but I’m just going to point out that the newspaper is Israeli, though. Still: good joke.
minus-squaresin_free_for_00_days@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago Asteroid 488453 (1994 XD) is as wide as 830 meters, according to NASA.
Americans will use anything as a measurement unit except the SI, it seems
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.
The joke is funny and sound, but I’m just going to point out that the newspaper is Israeli, though.
Still: good joke.