> Except an asteroid this large could create a huge debris field that would increase the micrometeoroids hitting the Earth by up to 1,000 times the normal background average for a few days. While that would make for one of the best meteor shows of the last few hundred years, it would also pose a danger to Earth-orbiting satellites and even astronauts on the ISS and other space stations
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> Except an asteroid this large could create a huge debris field that would increase the micrometeoroids hitting the Earth by up to 1,000 times the normal background average for a few days. While that would make for one of the best meteor shows of the last few hundred years, it would also pose a danger to Earth-orbiting satellites and even astronauts on the ISS and other space stations