Pic to put existence in perspective.

[Cattledog]

Average size comet next to LA

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[Javaman]

1. Average Sized Comet was my WWF wrestling name. nt

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

2. Just missed that plane...

Upper right and the UFO upper left.

[steventh]

3. That's informative. Thanks for posting it.

nt

[I_UndergroundPanther]

4. Wow they're huuuge

Yep if one like that survived entry,
It would be an Extinction level event or almost one for sure.

[lastlib]

5. Or, as one comedian put it,

"Kinda makes the risk of genital herpes seem miniscule by comparison."


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[Callmecrazy]

6. That's no comet...

That's a space station!

[NNadir]

7. It is always useful to think of scale. It's something we don't normally do. Thanks! n/t.

[SCantiGOP]

8. a bit exaggerated

Comets average about 1/2 mile to maybe 10 miles in diameter. That depiction would be one of the largest of the flock.

But, one half that size would still be a catastrophic event.

[NNadir]

9. Downtown Los Angeles is less than 2 miles wide at its thickest. n/t.