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What would an asteroid or comet impact be like?

What would an asteroid or comet impact be like? That depends on lots of things, such as how big it is, how fast it’s travelling – and how close you are to the impact site.

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Editors Note: Interactive: see how often comets and asteroids strike the Earth

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