WoW: Palermo Scale
21 March, 2022
PALERMO SCALE - a measure rating the likielihood, and potential consequences, of a cosmic body striking Earth. [Named after Palermo Observatory, where in 1801 Giuseppe Piazzi discovered Ceres, the first and largest asteroid, Ceres] The recent Netflix satires, Don't Look Up, shows how politicians seek to downplay the Palermo scale.
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