Well let's get an approximate average.How big is it really?
If you add together the 6 main analogous sizes;
Lorry + delivery truck + giraffe + double decker bus + van + elephant
and then divide by 6 you get.....
Well let's get an approximate average.How big is it really?
Is that a Hubble image?Well let's get an approximate average.
If you add together the 6 main analogous sizes;
Lorry + delivery truck + giraffe + double decker bus + van + elephant
and then divide by 6 you get.....
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If you hear the words 'Rosan Kobar' before it passes, it's the 'Size of an Elephant!'How big is it really? Opinions seem to differ.
small lorry-sized asteroid
An asteroid the size of a delivery truck
An asteroid about the size of a giraffe
An asteroid the size of a double decker bus
An asteroid the size of a van
the same size as the largest African elephants
Tiny asteroid to pass close by Earth today
It does actually say in the article:How big is it really? Opinions seem to differ.
small lorry-sized asteroid
An asteroid the size of a delivery truck
An asteroid about the size of a giraffe
An asteroid the size of a double decker bus
An asteroid the size of a van
the same size as the largest African elephants
Tiny asteroid to pass close by Earth today
Oh, that's about the same size as 5 Snooker Tables then.3.5m to 8.5m across
It's all relative...compared to the Melbourne Cricket Ground, it's a tiddler - but if it landed on my head...goodnight Mrs Jones!How big is it really? Opinions seem to differ.
small lorry-sized asteroid
An asteroid the size of a delivery truck
An asteroid about the size of a giraffe
An asteroid the size of a double decker bus
An asteroid the size of a van
the same size as the largest African elephants
Tiny asteroid to pass close by Earth today
If it's the size of the MCG, I reckon it would be goodnight Mrs Jones and probably a lot more besides!It's all relative...compared to the Melbourne Cricket Ground, it's a tiddler - but if it landed on my head...goodnight Mrs Jones!
https://www.jpost.com/science/artic...dp3A_wB60fH2egBmAcCfbh7kb-VwiesF6muOr3Kyjl9VYAsteroid the size of 14 flamingos to skim past Earth Wednesday - NASA
Asteroid 2023 DJ1 is around 14 meters wide, and flamingos can be as much as 1.4 meters tall. But those fabulous birds are more dangerous because this asteroid won't hit us.
By AARON REICH
Published: MARCH 1, 2023 16:02
An asteroid roughly the size of 14 flamingos flying foot-to-beak is set to skim past the Earth Wednesday, March 1, according to NASA's asteroid tracker.
The asteroid in question has been designated 2023 DJ1, according to the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
The asteroid in question is small and is in no danger of hitting Earth.
Asteroid approaching Earth
Asteroid 2023 DJ1 is estimated by NASA to have a diameter of around 14 meters.
To put this size into perspective, flamingos, the pink and fabulous social birds, can grow to be as much as 1.4 meters in height. This means that asteroid 2023 DJ1 is around the size of 14 flamingos, flying foot-to-beat together.
And it's only 10 flamingoes in size, they dont even get the measurement right.And now we have the latest unit of astronomical measurement - the flamingo!
https://www.jpost.com/science/artic...dp3A_wB60fH2egBmAcCfbh7kb-VwiesF6muOr3Kyjl9VY
To be fair, it does say "can be as much as 1.4 meters tall", so maybe they were using a flamingo of a shorter stature as their yardstick.And it's only 10 flamingoes in size, they dont even get the measurement right.
So one yard equals one flamingo? Got it.To be fair, it does say "can be as much as 1.4 meters tall", so maybe they were using a flamingo of a shorter stature as their yardstick.
To keep life simple, there's five chickens to a flamingo.So one yard equals one flamingo? Got it.
Hang on, though. My neighbour has half a dozen chickens in one yard.To keep life simple, there's five chickens to a flamingo.
Would definitely deter me from taking long bus journeys in Britain!What about when your arse is the size of a small country?
And now we have the latest unit of astronomical measurement - the flamingo!
https://www.jpost.com/science/artic...dp3A_wB60fH2egBmAcCfbh7kb-VwiesF6muOr3Kyjl9VY
There's a big chasm in the middle of Luxembourg City...What about when your arse is the size of a small country?
Which country?What about when your arse is the size of a small country?
Hard to say. But the album that the song 'National Express' comes from is 'Fin de Siècle' by The Divine Comedy, which has a track on it called "Sweden". However, Sweden is not really a 'small' country.Which country?
No, we already have a measure of how hard someone is - it's 'nails'.A measure of physical prowess at combat, of how "hard" someone is.
I bite my nails, so... Maybe we do need another measurement for strength/toughness. Either that, or I'M well toughNo, we already have a measure of how hard someone is - it's 'nails'.
As in "He's as hard as nails"
No, we already have a measure of how hard someone is - it's 'nails'.
As in "He's as hard as nails"
Thank you, so a measure of hardness does exist.The Mohs scale of hardness.
Aah.....er....surely there must be some sort of scale?Thank you, so a measure of hardness does exist.
But does one exist of combat prowess?
In spatial dimension there is the old 'Bees Bum'...which is, I believe, a little bit bigger than a 'Gnats Arse'.
Good. I struggle to get my head around the possibility of Noël Coward doing boxing. It seems so frightfully common.nothing to do with this man