• @SpaceNoodle
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    184 months ago

    Why would we care if an asteroid destroyed a comet?

    • @jeffwOP
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      114 months ago

      slow clap

  • @isaaclw
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    124 months ago

    I thought it was always an asteroid

    • @Paraponera_clavata
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      94 months ago

      You’re right! The article explains the comet idea is only a few years old, and new data confirms it’s an asteroid, not a comet.

      • @isaaclw
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        3 months ago

        Ok. I must have misunderstood the dinosaur documentary I watched when i was 10. About 30 years ago.

        Nope. I just didn’t read.

        international team of scientists have reaffirmed the original hypothesis,

    • @HootinNHollerin
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      13 months ago

      I think comets have predictable paths for long periods of time so they show up again and again, like Haley’s comet

      • @[email protected]
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        13 months ago

        Ah, and asteroids are just kinda out there floating around without orbiting any specific thing?