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.
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.
Use measurement units damnit
This is a measurement unit. A bit unconventional, but it’s not any worse than using three grains of barley, dry and round, placed end to end lengthwise, or the length of King Henry I’s foot.
I know this is america but could we maybe, just this once, try to measure things better?
This one actually gave me a nice laugh. They are clearly taking a piss at unconventional units of measurement.
My friends and I use golden retrievers as a unit of measurement, would that have been better?
I just had a huge breakfast. Easily one third of a capybara
Here’s a better article.
1 bridge = 1000 capybaras, you heard it here first
This might help:
https://www.theregister.com/Design/page/reg-standards-converter.html