Where is it?
On Wednesday, February 20, 2013, Daniel Rocha wrote:
> There is nothing unusual about that asteroid. Calculate the kinetic energy
> of a sphere with 15m of diameter at 30km/s. Consider the typical density of
> 7g/cm^3. The kinetic energy released is around 500ktons of tnt and its
> weight around 10ktons.
>
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> 2013/2/20 ChemE Stewart <cheme...@gmail.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> 'cheme...@gmail.com');>>
>
>> Close, probably dark matter nuclei.... :)
>>
>> I think I read 50m diameter but I have not done the math.
>>
>> I want to see if they can find what made that perfectly round 20'-30'
>> diameter hole in the ice. So far nada...
>>
>> Should be worth a lot if it exists.
>>
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>> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Terry Blanton
>> <hohlr...@gmail.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'hohlr...@gmail.com');>
>> > wrote:
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>>> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 8:49 AM, ChemE Stewart
>>> <cheme...@gmail.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'cheme...@gmail.com');>>
>>> wrote:
>>> > You, like NASA, are off by at least a factor of 1000...
>>> >
>>> >
>>> http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/02/19/russian-meteorite-1000-times-bigger-than-originally-thought/
>>>
>>> That article makes no sense at all. Maybe they mean the energy
>>> released was bigger; but, they still say it was only 15 m in diameter.
>>> Oh, I see, the density was 1000 times greater. Well, heck, we must
>>> have had a piece of a neutron star hit us.
>>>
>>> <sigh>
>>>
>>>
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