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[-] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 14 points 2 months ago

This is a city killer, not a continent killer. Wishing for few hundred thousand innocent people to die is just pure evil - it has no effect on overpopulation.

[-] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Depends on how fast its going when it hits

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's currently moving at about 12,000 kph and will be slightly sped up to 17,000 kph if it actually hits us. That is not a significant enough portion of C to be anything but a city killer. This thing isn't even a Tsar Bomba in terms of energy output. More like a Mark 17.

[-] Jarix@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

https://lemmy.world/comment/15180729

Regrub just said can we make it go faster, so i guess it would need to be increased much much more than 17,000 kph, which seems slow for galactic/cosmic speeds.

Wonder how much more energy it would need.

Someone get Randal Monroe on this stat!

Lol

[-] spooky2092 1 points 2 months ago

I think you'd need to nearly double the velocity for it to be remotely close. I think I saw something like 30-40k km/h before it's at that level

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