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Re:Meteor Explodes over Massachusetts by ChrisRR on Thursday June 04, 2026 @07:46AM (#48397296)
Just to add to the confusion, that's metric tonnes, so it should be "tonnes" or "metric tons", but not "tons"
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Re:Meteor Explodes over Massachusetts by somat on Thursday June 04, 2026 @08:41AM (#48397823)
Meh, a metric ton is 0.9 of a US ton, well within the error bars for this sort of thing.
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