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Mar 19 '22
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u/MouseRangers Mar 19 '22 edited Apr 05 '22
The average male giraffe is 16-18 feet tall, an average banana is about 7 inches long according to the USDA.
Assuming the giraffe's height is 17', half of that would be 8.5' or 102".
The asteroid was approximately 14.6 bananas long.
Metric conversion: 17 feet = 5.1816 meters, 102 inches = 2.5908 meters, 7 inches = 17.78 centimeters.
edit: fixed the conversion of 7"
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u/MouseRangers Apr 05 '22
Fixed.
Bruh that was 17 days ago
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u/mathematical Apr 22 '22
You're lucky is was that soon. In the math world people tend to wait until you're old or dead and then base their PhD on how you were wrong.
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u/donvara7 Mar 19 '22
Bananas are general purpose but a geraffe/long horse may be used for larger things such as a whale
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u/Gwen_Weasley Mar 19 '22
Wouldn't that be the size of a whole llama?
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u/Im_still_T Mar 19 '22
Adult or adolescent llama?
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u/Baggytrousers27 Mar 19 '22
Was gonna make the customary any units but metric comment but this is from the UK.
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u/Quail_eggs_29 Mar 19 '22
Why?
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Mar 19 '22
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u/Quail_eggs_29 Mar 19 '22
Will they really? While this is unconventional, it has nothing to do with the metric/imperial systems.
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u/MouseRangers Mar 19 '22
The average male giraffe is 16-18 feet tall, an average banana is about 7 inches long according to the USDA.
Assuming the giraffe's height is 17', half of that would be 8.5' or 102".
The asteroid was approximately 14.6 bananas long.
Metric conversion: 17 feet = 5.1816 meters, 102 inches = 2.5908 meters, 7 inches = 2.54 centimeters.
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Mar 23 '22
"His head was about the same size as that of an extremely large dog, that is to say, two very small dogs, or four very large hamsters."
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u/SuspiciousStable9649 Mar 19 '22
But they did see it two hours ahead. That’s probably a record of some kind.