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To: Grandma Conservative

If they are of the same mass and composition, yes. Comets are typically less dense and mostly ice though, which will burn up faster in the atmosphere. But if a comet is rocky enough, then it will do more damage due to its higher speed.


106 posted on 02/16/2013 8:04:37 AM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: Vince Ferrer

But isn’t speed even more important than mass when it comes to energy: E = 1/2 mv^2 ?


109 posted on 02/16/2013 8:13:44 AM PST by Grandma Conservative (Take back the GOP Now, not in three years or be prepared to vote RINO once again.)
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