#3049: Incoming Asteroid
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An asteroid is headed straight for Earth! That's...
[A log scale of lengths is shown, labelled "Asteroid size", with markings of 1 cm, 10 cm, 1 meter, 10 meters, 100 meters, 1 km, 10 km, 100 km, 1,000 km, and 10,000 km. The remaining lines of text are at various points down the scale.]
...Good news! Meteors are pretty!
...Great news! You might see a fireball!
...Ok news, unless you have expensive windows or are very unlucky.
...Bad news, especially if you live near the city it's aimed at.
...Bad news, especially if you live on the continent it's aimed at.
...Bad news for your species.
...Bad news for your phylum.
...Bad news for your biosphere.
...Good news for any life that might someday evolve on Earth's new moon.
...Bad news for whatever planet is about to get hit by Earth.
(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)
Title text:The bottom ones are also potentially bad news for any other planets in our solar system that have been counting on Earth having a stable orbit.