Pooja Bartaula
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If it happened today.
A space rock slamming into Earth used to cause a lot of destruction. In the past, meteorites like this would be only about 50 meters wide, but they would weigh around 300,000 tons when they crashed down to Earth. This huge rock flattened everything in its vicinity, leaving a crater that moon-walkers used to train in before landing on the moon. If this meteorite were to slam into New York today, it would completely destroy most of the city. The impact would leave a crater 1.3 kilometers wide - and the fireball would spread further than that! - everything within 1.7 kilometers of the Impact Zone would burn even on the outskirts of New York City. Windows would shatter and many people would perish. It would take years for the area to recover from this disaster. Yet, this is no place near the size of
By Pooja Bartaula8 months ago in Earth