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Unless you are thinking of the movie Armageddon, the asteroid that was reported in the media with a size of Texas is Apophis.
However, as in most cases, the media managed to mislead the public, especially as the observed diameter is a mere 450 meters - much smaller than Texas, unless something has happen in the US that I'm not aware of!!!
It seems that the original reports were misleading because scientists reported that it would devastate an area the size of Texas a slight difference between the amount of "collateral" damage and the original size of the object.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agoNo, there is not.
The largest known asteroid is Ceres, which is significantly smaller than "Texas". Texas is just under 800 miles wide/tall, and Ceres is less than 500 miles across.
The chances of astronomers not noticing a body larger than Ceres anywhere within the orbit of Neptune are effectively zero.
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Can a asteroid be the size of a pebble?
yes it cann
How great are the chances that an asteroid can hit your planet?
its a fifty fifty chance we just dont know It depends on how fast the asteroid is moving and the size of the asteroid. Then you have to consider the size of the planet (diameter, etc.), and its orbital speed, etc.
What is the name of the second asteroid named after Elicott Douglass?
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Which asteroid? depending on its size, an asteroid impact could be devastating for life on Earth, though life would recover somehow eventually.
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Barney
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TEXASS!!!
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everything is bigger in Texas
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It would depend on the size of the asteroid.
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An asteroid
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asteroid Ceres
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One the size of a grain of sand.
Can a asteroid be the size of a pebble?
yes it cann
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depending on the size it could destroy the planet or impact in the water and not do much. It all depends on the size of said asteroid!
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the main jobs in texass is the rodeo inc
How great are the chances that an asteroid can hit your planet?
its a fifty fifty chance we just dont know It depends on how fast the asteroid is moving and the size of the asteroid. Then you have to consider the size of the planet (diameter, etc.), and its orbital speed, etc.
