Hi Stan and List, > according to the link i posted earlier the explosive yield of an impact > would be equivalent to about 1.4 gigatons
This estimate is based on a guess for the object's reflectivity. If it's especially dark, the mass and thus energy could be quite a bit greater. Hopefully Arecibo (or Goldstone) is planning to ping it soon while it's still near its current close approach. --Rob ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
