from Hacker News

Asteroid half the size of a giraffe strikes Earth off the coast of Iceland

by allannienhuis on 3/15/22, 3:07 PM with 3 comments

  • by Normille on 3/15/22, 8:31 PM

    Odd choice of giraffe for the size comparison. They usually go for something a bit more 'blocky' like an elephant, a whale, etc. A giraffe is such a gangly creature, I'm not quite sure how impressed I should be with something the size of half of one.
  • by allannienhuis on 3/15/22, 3:12 PM

    "The space rock, named 2022 EB5, is believed to have mostly burnt up in our planet's atmosphere, but even if it had impacted the surface it would have done little to no damage because it was just 10ft (3 metres) wide, about half the size of a giraffe."

    a giraffe? really? sigh.

  • by simonblack on 3/16/22, 2:23 AM

    More like a horse, then??