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Re:Fossil of dinosaur killed in asteroid strike found, scien... by pixl97 on Sunday April 10, 2022 @04:10PM (#30981193)
Wouldn't the break up be more influenced by the gravitational acceleration imparted by earth? Most asteroids are rather loosely bound.
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Re:Fossil of dinosaur killed in asteroid strike found, scien... by ncmncm on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @05:08PM (#31020301)
That would be tidal forces. There wouldn't be enough time for that.

Shoemaker-Levy orbited Jupiter for quite a while before it broke up and went in.

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