Could an asteroid really destroy a large city?

You might be familiar with the story of the asteroid that took out the dinosaurs. Well yeah, that one was called the chicxulub impactor. It was about 15 kilometers in diameter. So about the size of a city. That should be enough to convince you that it can do some serious damage. read more

Yes, an asteroid could easily destroy a large city, but it does depend on the size of the asteroid. The Chelyabinsk meteor was estimated to be between 17 metres to 20 metres in diameter with a mass of approximately 10,000 tons. read more

Obviously a lot of types of bombs could shatter a small asteroid, but the really big ones would need a nuclear bomb to shatter it. Most of the debris would continue on a path that would cause a big portion of the asteroid to hit the earth. read more

It would flatten all the buildings within five miles. The next near Earth asteroid will make its closest approach on October 26th, 2028. The asteroid's path is predicted to pass beyond the Moon's distance from the Earth. read more