4942 Munroe

Author(s): Gurren Lagann

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4942 Munroe is a large asteroid in the inner main belt. According to the NEOWISE survey, it measures around 3.4 km, but analysis of its albedo (0.936) indicate a size of 6-10 km, comparable to the Chicxulub impactor that killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. It is named after Randall Munroe, a former NASA roboticist and cartoonist of the webcomic, "xkcd"

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