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xkcd #3049: Incoming Asteroid (xkcd.com)

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The bottom ones are also potentially bad news for any other planets in our solar system that have been counting on Earth having a stable orbit.

https://explainxkcd.com/3049/

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I assume it varies with the density of the asteroid.

And if we were using specifically shaped heat resistant metal rather than naturally forming ice/rock orbs it would burn up much less during re-entry too and impact with more tailored devastation, so the militarised artificial asteroid satellites could do bigger damage with smaller payloads.

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