At 08:16 PM 5/16/2006, you wrote:
Considering the large population of engineering gearhead types on
the list, I've got a question on what it might take to shatter a planet.
The scenario would involve some sort of kinetic spike slamming into
the planet and causing it to shatter. I'm thinking some sort of
dart moving at a fraction of the speed of light and a couple
thousand meters in length.
http://gurpsnet.sjgames.com/Archive/Space/planetbust2
My physics is about fifteen years in the past and it was only a basic
college primer class, so about the only thing I get from this is the
rock has to be really big and really fast. :-) How big is the rock
in the example?
Thanks!
Kurt Feltenberger
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