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To: BenLurkin
400 meters cubed is 6.4x10^7 cubic meters of stuff. If we assume an average density similar to ice, then that will be around 6.4x10^10 kg. If it impacts at earth's escape velocity (11,200 m/s) it will release 6.4x10^10 * (11200 ^ 2) = 8x10^18 joules of energy = about 2000 megatons.

Above is all seat-of-the-pants guestimates.

72 posted on 10/31/2011 8:49:40 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Civilization is unnatural. It is a whim of circumstance. Barbarism must always ultimately triumph.)
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To: PapaBear3625; KevinDavis
I thought asteroids all looked like Idaho potatoes. Why is this one so symmetrical?


75 posted on 10/31/2011 3:18:31 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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