On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 20:05 -0400, Kurt Feltenberger wrote: > 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?
If you like to destroy planets with relativistic rocks... Combine this: http://www.stardestroyer.net/Empire/Science/Relativity.html And this: http://www.stardestroyer.net/Empire/Tech/Beam/Calculator.html -- Zan Lynx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
