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To: sig226

what would a similar object do to earth? would land or water impact make a difference? crazy stuff.


4 posted on 07/31/2009 6:30:52 AM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: thefactor
It's about the same size class as the bolide that formed Berringer crater. That's a one mile wide hundreds of feet deep crater. No survivors within, say 100 miles, damage out 1,000 miles or so.

Water strike? Depends.

Very deep water, tsunamis all 'round, saltwater rainstorms for a few hundred miles.

Shallow water? Worst of both worlds. All the impact damage of a land strike, plus all the tsunami damage of a deep water strike. AND as a special bonus, when sea water attempts to flood back into the white hot crater the surrounding thousand miles gets steam cleaned down to bedrock. The rest of the planet gets very hot and humid, and it rains salt water globally...

6 posted on 07/31/2009 11:12:42 AM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 192 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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