New metric unit: The goose!

[Subduction Zone]

To be more precise, and we always want to be precise when it comes to measurements, the Canada Goose:

Asteroid the size of 64 Canada geese to pass Earth Tuesday - NASA

Calculations by NASA predict that the asteroid won't come anywhere close to Earth during its flyby.

www.jpost.com

"An asteroid the size of over 64 Canadian geese is set to pass over the Earth on Tuesday, January 30, according to NASA's asteroid tracker.

The asteroid in question has been dubbed 2007 EG, according to the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

Calculations by NASA predict that the asteroid won't come anywhere close to Earth during its flyby."

 

[SalixIncendium]

This is awesome. I'm hoping this inspires NASA to start measuring weight in 'rocks.'

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

I was wondering if that was Goose in volume, mass, composition, speed or wingspan...turns out it is wingspan...

 

[exchemist]

To be more precise, and we always want to be precise when it comes to measurements, the Canada Goose:

Asteroid the size of 64 Canada geese to pass Earth Tuesday - NASA

Calculations by NASA predict that the asteroid won't come anywhere close to Earth during its flyby.

www.jpost.com

"An asteroid the size of over 64 Canadian geese is set to pass over the Earth on Tuesday, January 30, according to NASA's asteroid tracker.

The asteroid in question has been dubbed 2007 EG, according to the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

Calculations by NASA predict that the asteroid won't come anywhere close to Earth during its flyby."

Seems these birds weigh of the order of 5kg, so this asteroid has a mass ~320kg, i.e about a third of a tonne. So not very remarkable, then. And won’t pass close to the Earth.

This looks like another competition for who can get the dullest headline published. The most famous of these was won by Claude Cockburn in the Daily Telegraph with: “Small Earthquake in Chile - Not Many Dead”.

 

[Twilight Hue]

I always wanted to say give me a board that's eight gooses long, or if I give directions, go 300 gooses down the road , take 40 gooses and turn right , and it's 10 gooses on your left

 

[Rival]

This is awesome. I'm hoping this inspires NASA to start measuring weight in 'rocks.'

How about... stone....

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

Actually, I found it to be a rather cute article, including its thoughtfulness in dumbing down the metrics for its North American audience.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Actually, I found it to be a rather cute article, including its thoughtfulness in dumbing down the metrics for its North American audience.

Hey! I resent that. Oh wait. Who did we elect in 2016 and has a good chance of winning now? Okay, you have a good point.

 

[siti]

Hey! I resent that. Oh wait. Who did we elect in 2016 and has a good chance of winning now?

Yeah, but that was just 1 goose.

 

[The Hammer]

Yeah, but that was just 1 goose.

A very silly goose

 

[sun rise]

I will take a gander at that goose.