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To: Menehune56

4X longest dimension. 64X mass.


6 posted on 02/14/2017 11:57:40 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

So I guess that would be 64x the explosive energy and thus 64x Meteor Crater’s diameter (1 mile) - about 64 miles across. Pretty impressive for a grain of sand hitting a grapefruit in relative sizes.


8 posted on 02/14/2017 12:05:57 PM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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