darkmauveshore t1_j0jr46p wrote on December 17, 2022 at 4:07 AM

And which direction is that 2 million pounds of rock going? Away from Earth, I’m assuming.

TheOnesWhoWander t1_j0kcw37 wrote on December 17, 2022 at 8:18 AM

It would certainly be in small enough pieces that they would not pose a threat to us even if by some extremely bad luck they actually did hit the planet.

darkmauveshore t1_j0kecdx wrote on December 17, 2022 at 8:38 AM

Unless there are some big chunks or the giant asteroid got thrown off course. I know from listening to Jeff Goldblum explain chaos theory in Jurassic Park that we should expect such an occurrence.

TheOnesWhoWander t1_j0m2o7x wrote on December 17, 2022 at 6:22 PM

The Chelyabinsk impact was over ten times the ejected mass, 906 tonnes vs 12,000 tonnes. Even if all 906 tonnes hit at once in a single impact it would be nothing more than a bright fireball and maybe a boom loud enough to set off some car alarms

zeeblecroid t1_j0mr1h7 wrote on December 17, 2022 at 9:12 PM

Jurassic Park is not a documentary.

darkmauveshore t1_j0omxe4 wrote on December 18, 2022 at 6:36 AM

First off...really? Lol. I was being sarcastic and joking around. At the same time, I was implying that I knew something about chaos theory which yes, would include such a possibility. Second...a piece of information being from a documentary doesn't mean it's factual.