This would be true if the pieces came down over a large area and at a moderate number per hour. I suspect that a large mass of individual pieces coming down close together would behave a lot like one big one. The energy contained within the large mass of individual meteorites would be about the same as that in one.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: mixent <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Feb 9, 2013 10:51 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Near earth asteroid info In reply to de Bivort Lawrence's message of Thu, 7 Feb 2013 23:28:29 -0500: Hi, >Wouldn't blowing up an asteroid merely create a lot of smaller pieces raining down on earth, with only a few deflected into non-collision paths. If the pieces are small enough, they will burn up in the atmosphere harmlessly. [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
