On September $17,1918,$ an asteroid named $(458732)2011$ MD$5$ passed Earth at a distance of about $350,000$ km$.$ That's closer than the Moon is to us$!$ The asteroid has a diameter of about $1200$ meters.$$

If the $(458732)2011$ MD$5$ asteroid would have hit, it$...$

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would have been more destructive than the Tunguska asteroid, but not quite destructive enough for a global catastrophe

would have been less destructive than the Tunguska asteroid

would have been more destructive than the Chicxulub asteroid

would have led to a global catastrophe, but not quite as destructive as the Chicxulub asteroid