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

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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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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.

not any worse

I know this is america but could we maybe, just this once, try to measure things better?

My friends and I use golden retrievers as a unit of measurement, would that have been better?

Here's a better article.

The first asteroid, named 349507 (2008 QY), is a colossal mass that is equivalent in size to a bridge.

1 bridge = 1000 capybaras, you heard it here first

This might help:

https://www.theregister.com/Design/page/reg-standards-converter.html

I just had a huge breakfast. Easily one third of a capybara

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