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Nikos

10-20-2015 05:43 PM

Halloween Asteroid

http://www.weather.com/science/space...arth-halloween

Asteroid to Zoom Past Earth on Halloween at 'Unusually High' Speed; No Collision Expected, NASA Says

Tibbi

10-22-2015 11:47 AM

"Unusually High speed" in cosmic terms means railgun velocity.

https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordp...nd_is_near.jpg

i8acobra

10-22-2015 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tibbi (Post 707642)

"Unusually High speed" in cosmic terms means railgun velocity.

It's actually many magnitudes faster. Railgun projectiles travel at around 5,000 to 6,000 mph. This asteroid is traveling at nearly 80,000 mph. Think about the amount of energy that 1.5 mile wide asteroid has behind it. If it hit land, the crater would be over 21 miles wide and 2300 feet deep.

187sks

10-26-2015 12:59 PM

Yeah that'd leave a mark.

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