HOUSTON - By now, the participants for Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans are set. In a rematch of Super Bowl LVI, The Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs will take the field, with a lot of high drama, intensity, and.. fan apathy?I mean, weve seen this movie before. Eagles/Chiefs. Texans Salute to Service T-Shirt. Kelce vs. Kelce, Taylor Swift, Reids two teams.. blah, blah, blah. Noted one unnamed fan. Might be a close game, might be fun for all I know, but instead, it will just be more extended Mahomes/Reid State Farm commercials, and as many shots of Taylor Swift in the luxury boxes. Yes, the NFL dominates headlines, but who really, really wants to watch that matchup? one unnamed fan noted. Hopefully, not too many on-field shots of these two this time.. Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Yeah, we already know that the starting lineup for the Chiefs is practically unbeatable However, the alternative isnt exactly engendering much support. You want to cheer for the EAGLES??? You know their fans, right? Ok, Barkley is kinda cool, but the rest of them??? Look at what just one of them will do in a game.. and that is a tame fan. I was contacting my representatives to see if they could get ICE to deport them. Another fan noted. Representation of post-Super Bowl celebrations if the Eagles winPhoto by LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP via Getty Images At this point, even with the NFL going on a full media press to promote the Super Bowl, that begs the question: Who do you root for? By all rights, this is a binary is it? There is a strong movement afoot in many quarters, where people cannot tolerate either the Chiefs or Eagles hoisting the Lombardi Trophyare finding solace in rooting for a third third party: The meteor? No NFL team, nor current player, goes by that nickname. Also, the Super Bowl, unlike the WWE/TNA/AEW, does not allow for the provision of a triple threat championship , is rooting for the meteor really a good thing, and is that even the correct thing to root for?To answer the later question, we go with what those nerdy, smarty-pants type people say at NASA say. At some points in the anti-Super Bowl LIX discourse, people use meteor, asteroid, or meteorite interchangeably. We figured they could help clear this up. They can be kinda beautifulPhoto by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images First off, stop calling/emailing/harassing us!!! was the first response our people got, but after a persistent barrage and threats to unleash DOGE-bros on them, the nerds acquiesced and agreed to talk to us. What they provided:Definitions:Asteroid: A small rocky object that orbits the Sun. Asteroids are smaller than a planet, but they are larger than the pebble-size objects we call meteoroids. Meteor: A meteoroid - a small piece of an asteroid or comet - burns up upon entering Earths atmosphere, creating a streak of light in the sky. Think all the meteor showers you can see in the night sky Meteorite: A meteor that survives the burn and lands on the ground. Based on those definitions, you could argue that the real rooting interest should be for the meteorite, as the meteor is still in the sky, and the asteroid has yet to approach the Earths atmosphere. The meteorite is the actual solid object that impacts the ground, which, in this case, is the ground whereupon the Super Bowl is , there are a few caveats E.J. Speed Jersey. Size, in this instance, does matter. A small meteorite likely wont cause that much damage. The Earth receives about 48. 5 tons of meteoric material each day. Clearly most of that would be dust or objects so small as to barely merit attention. However, some meteors remain more substantial after surviving entering the atmosphere. Humanity has recorded over 50,000 meteors that struck the Earth. Some are of a smaller scale, say like the size of a small dog. A few of them.. considerably larger than we come to damage potential. Given that Super Bowl LIX is being played in the Superdome, a relatively small meteorite shouldnt impact much Myles Bryant Jersey. An 8-pound meteorite, the size of the one that landed in an Alabama home in 1954, seriously injuring an occupant, is probably not penetrating that roof. As much as we might like to see Patrick Mahomes get felled on a scramble by a space rock, or better still, a ref get doinked before throwing a flag for a questionable roughing the passer, such things appear unlikely, even if a meteor is on target for the Superdome. Yes, that actually happenedleaning on cane. Yet, what sort of meteorite might cause damage? Well, that is where it starts getting a bit.. dangerous. If an meteorite the size of a football field actually hit the Superdomeand 2013sized objectthat will have its closest approach to Earth on Super Bowl Sunday. While not expected to actually get near enough to really scare anyone, for those that really cant stand the idea of a KC/Philly Super Bowl and care little for humanity, perhaps this is your , if the idea of the meteor sounds fun, but the details of what that actually entails gives you pause, might you consider something less potentially painful, like, the Puppy Bowl, with their ever coveted Kitty Halftime Show?. and who doesnt love puppies?Photo by: Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images Whether we get a space-based disruption to the game or not, we at Totally Not Fake News, and our publishing partner at Battle Red Blog do wish everyone a fun, responsible and safe weekend, and that you return from Super Sunday in the same shape or better, than when it started.