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Originally Posted by wavelandscott
Better keep an umbrella handy just in case!
Space weather can be a bear...
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Hi Scott,
It would want to be an umbrella made of the best ripstop nylon.
According to the
NASA Near Earth Object Program page, 1999-RQ36 would
deliver an estimated impact energy of 2700 Megatons (i.e. 2.7 Gigatons)
Given that the largest thermonuclear device detonated to date produced 50 Megatons,
on the slim chance 1999-RQ36 rained down, it certainly would be one bad hair
day on Earth.