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[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Most meteors that reach all the way to the surface are really small. Bigger impacts are rare, buy not impossible.

[–] kusivittula@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

still i bet it would absolutely suck to get hit by that

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 27 minutes ago

Well, bullets are pretty small, but that’s not going to help when they travel so fast. Same applies to flying rocks too.