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To: BobL
Kinetic energy=1/2 (mv^2) At 160,000 tons (145,454,545 kg) and 25,000 MPH (144,840,959,780 meters/second), the kinetic energy of the projectile would be 164,229,119,486,784,000,000,000,000,000,000 joules of energy.

Just how much of that would be transferred to other objects (ejecta, fracturing and or plate movement), or converted to heat (melting, evaporation) would depend on the impact site and angle.

51 posted on 02/20/2016 10:46:19 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

A bit off in your speed conversion, should be around 11,000 m/s.

As it is, the energy contained in that rock would cost about $250 Million if purchased as electricity - it’s about the output of one large nuke reactor operating for a year...and likely equals all of the world’s power production for an hour.

But it is released at one point in virtually one instant. It will be noticed.


75 posted on 02/21/2016 5:55:08 AM PST by BobL (Who cares? He's going to build a wall and stop this invasion.)
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