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Originally posted by jeichelberg
So, you would say that people running around like crazed lunatics would not be fishy? You look at two crowds...one is running around crazed and fanatical...the other is calm...and you think something is fishy about the calm crowd?
Originally posted by Jason88
But, is there anything wrong with someone who is a calming presence?
Originally posted by jeichelberg
reply to post by abeverage
He thinks these asteroids are light years away...
If this Asteroid struck the state of Massachusetts,it would leave a crater about 7 miles across,kill millions and devastate the entire region and all that would happen in seconds.
Originally posted by blocula
If this asteroid is around 400m in size,we are in trouble. And a very small percentage of it would burn off in the atmosphere,due to it's around 20x faster than a bullet speed.As this link very clearly shows,an asteroid in that size range could destroy a small US State and an ocean impact would be worse than a land impact and it would produce far reaching tsunamis...www.astronomycafe.net...edit on 7-11-2011 by blocula because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by daynight42
Even if it were to hit, and even if it were negligible in terms of damage, perhaps it could be "used" still.
A bomb could be detonated on a fault line deep in the ocean and maybe cause a larger tsunami, then they could say that YU55 caused it to happen.
What would we have at our disposal to say it didn't happen? Nothing.
Originally posted by blocula
If this asteroid is around 400m in size,we are in trouble. And a very small percentage of it would burn off in the atmosphere,due to it's around 20x faster than a bullet speed.As this link very clearly shows,an asteroid in that size range could destroy a small US State and an ocean impact would be worse than a land impact and it would produce far reaching tsunamis...www.astronomycafe.net...edit on 7-11-2011 by blocula because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by jeichelberg
reply to post by buddhasystem
Most models of the YU55 state there would be no fireball if it impacts the ocean...
Originally posted by buddhasystem
Originally posted by daynight42
Even if it were to hit, and even if it were negligible in terms of damage, perhaps it could be "used" still.
A bomb could be detonated on a fault line deep in the ocean and maybe cause a larger tsunami, then they could say that YU55 caused it to happen.
What would we have at our disposal to say it didn't happen? Nothing.
Oh puh-leeeeeeze.
A body of this size would be observable by radars on half a planet, on its approach. Not to mention a fireball of biblical proportions, lighting half the sky.
How thick is the earths atmosphere? 300 miles at the very most and this asteroid will be travelling about 20x or 30x faster than a bullet! which is around 30,000! or 40,000mph! Theres no "time" to burn off anything much at all,perhaps 2%,if that. It would penetrate 300 miles of earths atmosphere in a very few seconds!
Originally posted by jeichelberg
Originally posted by blocula
If this asteroid is around 400m in size,we are in trouble. And a very small percentage of it would burn off in the atmosphere,due to it's around 20x faster than a bullet speed.As this link very clearly shows,an asteroid in that size range could destroy a small US State and an ocean impact would be worse than a land impact and it would produce far reaching tsunamis...www.astronomycafe.net...edit on 7-11-2011 by blocula because: (no reason given)
First, this is the size of the object IMPACTING the Earth...if YU55 was to enter the atmosphere, it would lose a considerable amount of its size/mass during entry...more than likely, start to disintegrate...so, any remains would be smaller than the original...many models of what happens are out there one the Internet...one of them built by Purdue University...
Originally posted by TomServo
reply to post by AnonymousCitizen
Attention Phage and AnonymousCitizen.
It appears I may have made a fundamental mistake in my analysis. [snip] I hope I am correct in agreeing with your analysis!!!
Originally posted by blocula
How thick is the earths atmosphere? 300 miles at the very most and this asteroid will be travelling about 20x faster than a bullet!!! which is around 20,000!!! or 30,000mph!!! Theres no "time" to burn off anything much at all,perhaps 2%,if that.It would penetrate 50 miles of earths atmosphere in about 1 second!
Originally posted by jeichelberg
Originally posted by blocula
If this asteroid is around 400m in size,we are in trouble. And a very small percentage of it would burn off in the atmosphere,due to it's around 20x faster than a bullet speed.As this link very clearly shows,an asteroid in that size range could destroy a small US State and an ocean impact would be worse than a land impact and it would produce far reaching tsunamis...www.astronomycafe.net...edit on 7-11-2011 by blocula because: (no reason given)
First, this is the size of the object IMPACTING the Earth...if YU55 was to enter the atmosphere, it would lose a considerable amount of its size/mass during entry...more than likely, start to disintegrate...so, any remains would be smaller than the original...many models of what happens are out there one the Internet...one of them built by Purdue University...edit on 7-11-2011 by blocula because: (no reason given)