Hello John! On Wikipedia you can find some interesting data about the energy released: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelyabinsk_meteor
But remember that 500kt is the total kinetic energy of the meteoroid/asteroid. Most of this energy was absorbed by atmosphere and released in heat and light, the shock wave (mechanical energy) was produced by a small part of the total energy of 500kt. Ciao <x>x<x>x<x> Francesco -----Messaggio originale----- Da: Meteorite-list [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] Per conto di John Lutzon via Meteorite-list Inviato: mercoledì 27 maggio 2015 19:12 A: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Oggetto: [meteorite-list] Chelyabinsk--OT Hi All, Dad told me about 55 years ago---if you do not ask yourself or someone else, you may never know. I asked myself the following question(s) and found info but not the answer...so i'm asking. Regarding the Chely meteor(at the time)---when it exploded with a yeild of 500 kilotons at an altitude of 20 miles, was this sufficient energy to throw any mass "straight up" into low orbit? Or does everything just continue into eventual dark flight? I realize that mass impacts other mass and may throw objects into space but i'm particularly asking about 500 kt. at 20 miles with earth's gravity. Any calcs. or studies on this? Found much info about yeild-vs-altitude-vs-psi at nukefix.org but not an answer. Thank you, John ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
