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plants_pants t1_j801mev wrote

Reply to comment by midnight_reborn in A completely normal 58 degrees day in FEBRUARY! by membershipreward

So we are not overdue for a planet changing asteroid smacking into the planet?

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midnight_reborn t1_j807qkh wrote

I have no idea. I don't know the statistical probability or history of such events happening.

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plants_pants t1_j80aws4 wrote

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/overview/fastfacts.html

"Only once every few million years, an object large enough to threaten Earth's civilization comes along. Impact craters on Earth, the moon and other planetary bodies are evidence of these occurrences."

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/02/new-theory-behind-asteroid-that-killed-the-dinosaurs/

Last one was 66 millions years ago. We are overdue

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