they don't mean that it could have landed anywhere on the planet, only places along the same latitude.
or why not say if it had been on a competely different trajectory it mighty not have come anywhere near earth at all
or if it had been 1,000,000x bigger it could have wiped out the earth completely
yes yes we know that
no point in writing a full article in a national paper to state the bleeding obvious
or why not say if it had been on a competely different trajectory it mighty not have come anywhere near earth at all
or if it had been 1,000,000x bigger it could have wiped out the earth completely
yes yes we know that
no point in writing a full article in a national paper to state the bleeding obvious