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Death by Asteroid: The Most Likely Ways for a Space Rock to Kill You

If you live in fear of an asteroid strike, here's some detail to help flesh out your nightmares.

A killer space rock is most likely to get you via violent winds that fling you against something hard or powerful shock waves that rupture your internal organs, according to a new study.

Read more: Live Science

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Thanks to Northern Exposure's Maggie, whose fondness somehow proved fatal for her boyfriends, your post prompted me to compare the likelihood of one's being struck by a satellite (as in the Slow Dance episode) versus an asteroid.  Though the number of the former has only increased, a couple of dated sources follow:

That Falling Satellite Has a 1-in-3,200 Chance of Killing Someone ...

Sep 22, 2011 ... So basically, no one is safe. Or, more accurately, everyone is

safe because any particular individual has a negligible chance of being hit by a ...

versus

Odds of Death by Asteroid? Lower Than Plane Crash, Higher Than ...

Feb 15, 2013... Your odds of getting killed by a meteorite are roughly 1 in 250,000.

You are far more likely to die in an earthquake, tornado, flood, airplane ...

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1 hour ago, Claire. said:

Death by Asteroid: The Most Likely Ways for a Space Rock to Kill You

If you live in fear of an asteroid strike, here's some detail to help flesh out your nightmares.

A killer space rock is most likely to get you via violent winds that fling you against something hard or powerful shock waves that rupture your internal organs, according to a new study.

Read more: Live Science

I didn't read the link. But I thought that an errant meteorite might be my ultimate nemesis.

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"Killed by a Space Rock", would stand as the ultimate epitaph.

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I think Claire's Prophecies of Doom™ might give me a fatal heart attack before the asteroid hits :yes:

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3 hours ago, Claire. said:

Death by Asteroid: The Most Likely Ways for a Space Rock to Kill You

If you live in fear of an asteroid strike, here's some detail to help flesh out your nightmares.

A killer space rock is most likely to get you via violent winds that fling you against something hard or powerful shock waves that rupture your internal organs, according to a new study.

Read more: Live Science

One never really knows, this Asteroid  came out from behind the sun that Bush almost evacuated the northern  hemisphere.

The Asteroid that Almost Hit

https://www.universetoday.com/9359/the-asteroid-that-almost-hit/

 

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13 minutes ago, Likely Guy said:

"Killed by a Space Rock", would stand as the ultimate epitaph.

 

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If these so-called 'space rocks' come anywhere near me, I will punch their ****ing lights out!

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On 24/04/2017 at 2:34 PM, Likely Guy said:

"Killed by a Space Rock", would stand as the ultimate epitaph.

Good luck.

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11 hours ago, taniwha said:

Good luck.

If i was killed by a space rock, I wouldn't take it personally.

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If a huge rock hits earth were all pretty much doomed so it dont even matter

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On 24/04/2017 at 0:57 PM, acute said:

If these so-called 'space rocks' come anywhere near me, I will punch their ****ing lights out!

You've got more chance of winning the lottery, than being hit by a space rock.

Doesn't mean it couldn't happen tho...:D

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On April 23, 2017 at 9:34 PM, Likely Guy said:

"Killed by a Space Rock", would stand as the ultimate epitaph.

 

1 hour ago, Likely Guy said:

If i was killed by a space rock, I wouldn't take it personally.

Don't give a psychopathic owner of a meteorite any ideas.

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On 4/23/2017 at 10:34 PM, Likely Guy said:

"Killed by a Space Rock", would stand as the ultimate epitaph.

I'd like "Still voting", so someone would still check up on me at least every four years.

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On 4/23/2017 at 10:34 PM, Likely Guy said:

"Killed by a Space Rock", would stand as the ultimate epitaph.

I'd like "Still voting", so someone would still check up on me at least every four years.

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