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To: dp0622

The average density for an asteroid is 2g per cc. That gives it a total mass of about 536 million kg. You can expect an impact velocity of around 30-40 km per second. That gives it an energy anywhere between 57 and 102 megatons of TNT. Big, but not earth-shattering. Not an extinction event.


17 posted on 06/06/2019 9:05:02 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Telepathic Intruder
The average density for an asteroid is 2g per cc. That gives it a total mass of about 536 million kg. You can expect an impact velocity of around 30-40 km per second. That gives it an energy anywhere between 57 and 102 megatons of TNT. Big, but not earth-shattering. Not an extinction event.

Unless it lands on ya....

19 posted on 06/06/2019 9:27:58 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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