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The Giant Meteor from One-Punch Man is currently accepted to have a length of 200 meters based on the One-Punch Man Hero Encyclopedia databook. I believe this size to be inaccurate.
The meteor only being 200 meters long is just blatantly ridiculous of several reasons. The first of which being its depiction.
In various panels, we see the meteor compared to objects with specific sizes. First is the meteor compared to a satellite. Satellites of this type are typically about 100 meters wide. Despite this, the satellite is only as large as the small meteorites near the meteor, which are much smaller than the meteor itself. We also see the meteor compared to buildings in Z-City. The meteor is consistently drawn and depicted to be far larger than buildings that have several tens of stories. It only being 200 meters tall doesn't line up with this. This added on the fact that the Hero Encyclopedia databook is treated as secondary canon means that the 200 meter figure should definitely be questioned at the very least.
Next we have statements and logic. The meteor is constantly referred to as huge, overwhelmingly massive, and other synonymous terms, as well as having multiple statements of its impact being capable of wiping out Z-City and surrounding towns. This is important because if the meteor was only 200 meters long, its impact would only have "local damage to the impact area," which we know isn't the case, with a more accurate depiction of the meteor's impact being the 'over one or two kilometers' description of its impact having "have worldwide effects," and this leads into my next point.
I believe that we should remove the 200 meter size for the meteor, and instead use this accepted calc, which places the meteor's length closer to the 'over one or two kilometer' description from NASA. Another reason I believe this calc to be accurate is due to the fact that the meteor's new Kinetic Energy is far closer to the already accepted and used calc for the destruction of Z-City from @ByAsura (105 Gigatons vs 805 Gigatons) compared to the current Kinetic Energy using the 200 meter figure of around 73 Megatons.
If accepted, this doesn't change any profiles other than the Giant Meteor's profile itself, changing its Large Size from Type 2 to Type 3.
The meteor only being 200 meters long is just blatantly ridiculous of several reasons. The first of which being its depiction.
In various panels, we see the meteor compared to objects with specific sizes. First is the meteor compared to a satellite. Satellites of this type are typically about 100 meters wide. Despite this, the satellite is only as large as the small meteorites near the meteor, which are much smaller than the meteor itself. We also see the meteor compared to buildings in Z-City. The meteor is consistently drawn and depicted to be far larger than buildings that have several tens of stories. It only being 200 meters tall doesn't line up with this. This added on the fact that the Hero Encyclopedia databook is treated as secondary canon means that the 200 meter figure should definitely be questioned at the very least.
Next we have statements and logic. The meteor is constantly referred to as huge, overwhelmingly massive, and other synonymous terms, as well as having multiple statements of its impact being capable of wiping out Z-City and surrounding towns. This is important because if the meteor was only 200 meters long, its impact would only have "local damage to the impact area," which we know isn't the case, with a more accurate depiction of the meteor's impact being the 'over one or two kilometers' description of its impact having "have worldwide effects," and this leads into my next point.
I believe that we should remove the 200 meter size for the meteor, and instead use this accepted calc, which places the meteor's length closer to the 'over one or two kilometer' description from NASA. Another reason I believe this calc to be accurate is due to the fact that the meteor's new Kinetic Energy is far closer to the already accepted and used calc for the destruction of Z-City from @ByAsura (105 Gigatons vs 805 Gigatons) compared to the current Kinetic Energy using the 200 meter figure of around 73 Megatons.
If accepted, this doesn't change any profiles other than the Giant Meteor's profile itself, changing its Large Size from Type 2 to Type 3.
