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One that size would obliterate a much larger area, like a whole continent or something.

You asked how something that big wouldn't cause more damage. Something the size of that crater impacting the earth would cause a lot more damage, but the object which caused it was much smaller than the crater it created.

I don't get what you are saying. If the object was big and it hit fast then it would destroy us all or whatever. As it didn't destroy us all, the object must have been smaller. If reports are 10 tonnes, then most of this must have been lost before impact. If the speed was 50,000kph then again most of this must have been lost before impact.

So what I said, along the lines of "Most of it must have been lost in the atmosphere, no? Since something that big would fuck up a huge area I thought." is what you are saying.

BTW: I didn't say anything about the size of the crater. I am talking about dicki's post about the meteor.