[meteorite-list] Asteroid the size of 33 armadillos - yes, you read that correctly

[Michael Gilmer]

After consulting with some of the world's leading cosmologists, it has
been determined that an extinction-level impact event would require an
asteroid of at least 2.5 mega-dillos in diameter.


On 3/28/23, Ed Deckert via Meteorite-list
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> The unit of measurement originally used in the planetary sciences was
> coconuts.  However, the question of whether or not coconuts were migratory
> had come up.  Due to the potential for migratory interference caused by
> swallows, and the argument over whether or not European or African swallows
> were actually the culprit, it was decided that armadillos were far less
> controversial, and thus replaced the coconut standard by a unanimous
> vote...
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Michael Gilmer via Meteorite-list
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 10:44 AM
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> Subject: [meteorite-list] Asteroid the size of 33 armadillos - yes, you
> read
> that correctly
>
> Apparently, armadillos are valid units of measurement in the planetary
> sciences.
>
> I wonder how many armadillos would represent an extinction-level event?
>
> Link - https://m.jpost.com/science/article-735473
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