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Asteroid Composition and Size

3 mentions in 1 episode

Actual asteroids are primarily rock and metal, far smaller than the Texas-sized asteroid in Armageddon, which confuses them with comets.

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When Movies Screw Up the Science

  • 43:50

    Asteroid the size of Texas is implausibly large compared to known asteroids.

  • 47:14

    Asteroids are largely made of rock and metal, not ice like comets.

  • 47:33

    Asteroid appearance in Armageddon would not have sharp jagged ice crystal features.