According to the BBC, the asteroid's size means it would have the same power as a nuclear bomb if it were to hit the Earth.

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When Jupiter was young, about 4.5 billion years ago, a protoplanet with 10 times the mass of Earth crashed head-on ... goes through the atmosphere and hits the core head-on," Isella said.

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Previous research claimed that the rock was a “long-period” comet from the Oort Cloud—an icy sphere of debris around the outer solar system—and that Jupiter caused it to hit Earth.