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yubainutoday at 8:50 AM2 repliesview on HN

That's interesting news. I wonder how much kinetic energy it had. This accumulation of information might be useful if an asteroid were to hit the Earth someday. At the very least, it's more realistic than sending oil drilling experts to an asteroid.


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danparsonsontoday at 3:39 PM

> ...I wonder how much kinetic energy it had...

Since kinetic energy is proportional to v squared, that highly depends on how you measure v...

willis936today at 10:07 AM

>it's more realistic than sending oil drilling experts to an asteroid

Mandatory sharing of Ben Afleck commentary speaking for all of us.

https://youtu.be/-ahtp0sjA5U