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Giant asteroid the size of 1,000 capybaras to pass Earth Tuesday - NASA

www.jpost.com Giant asteroid the size of 1,000 capybaras to pass Earth Tuesday - NASA

Asteroid 349507 (2008 QY) is around 1.2 kilometers in diameter, or around 1,000 capybaras – large enough that an impact event (which won't happen now) could be a worldwide catastrophe.

While the asteroid is traveling too far to pose any risk to the Earth, a possible impact event with it could become a worldwide catastrophe.

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American really will use any measurement except metric
A kilocapybara
Use measurement units damnit
Yup. first time I have seen capybaras used as a unit of measurement.
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Me, a normal human being: ah yes, one thousand capybaras large, I know exactly its size now.

Y’all are weird not knowing this measurement system. Makes as much sense as miles and inches.
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Anyone downvoting this is boring and doesn’t understand the fun of capybara math 🤣
Would you rather see 1 astroid size capybara or 1000 capybara sized astroids?
1.2 km long, for anyone wondering.
I don't think they know how volume calculations work. When I read 1000 Capybaras, I though "huh, that's not actually that big", until they say it's actually the diameter or that much capybaras.

EDIT: I did some pocket calculations and it seems like 1000 capybaras can fit into an around 13 capybara diameter sphere.
I only accept measurements in washing machines and football fields.
How big is it in beans pray tell
One capybara weighs on average 108lbs or about 16.5 AR-15s fully loaded.

So the asteroid weighs roughly as much as 422,559 AR-15s with a loaded 20 rd magazine. (Warning my math is bad as I'm American.)
Wake up, new type of measurement system just dropped. Will America finally replace imperial?
But how many bananas is that?
The Jerusalem Post keeps posting articles comparing asteroids to random things and I love it.
We really need a bot to translate these oddball units of mass into Volkswagen Beetles like the good Lord intended. Embrace standards, ffs.
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How many bananas or Toyota Corollas is that?
i love this measurement. it belies the articles importance
The capybara puns in this news article are terrible. This article was not worth the read, but since Soo many people in here are complaining about the capybara measurement I shall give you the exact measurement which is 1.2 kilometers wide
How many Smoots is that?
reminds me of an article where the area of a solar array was measured in units of Olympic swimming pools....

just why?
Terrible unit of measurement. I need to know how many bananas.
ITT: People with no sense of humor
So there's a comet. Big deal. It'll burn up in our atmosphere and whatever's left will be no bigger than a chihuahua's head.
wtf are capithigny ? Don't bother I don't care.

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