Asteroid 349507 (2008 QY) is around 1.2 kilometers in diameter, or around 1,000 capybaras – large enough that an impact event (which won't happen now) could be a worldwide catastrophe.

While the asteroid is traveling too far to pose any risk to the Earth, a possible impact event with it could become a worldwide catastrophe.

    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Using an average capybara measurement of 4 feet in length, that would be 6.8 bananas, so 1000 capybaras would be roughly 6800 bananas.

      Assuming a banana of an average length of 7 inches.