I would guess that the magnitude of the shock wave is what is being compared. The air gets compressed ahead of the meteor since it can not move out of the way. This builds up to a very powerful blast.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: ChemE Stewart <cheme...@gmail.com> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Fri, Feb 22, 2013 5:33 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:The Kinetic Energy Weapon (Bluff?) Theory of February 15, 2013's Cosmic Coincidence I understand how an iron meteorite can burn in the atmosphere and create sonic booms and break into pieces. I would like to see the model & energy balance that shows me how that translates to a 500 kton blast from a 10kton rock while it is still in the air and has not given up its kinetic energy. Am I missing something? On Friday, February 22, 2013, Terry Blanton wrote: On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 4:19 PM, ChemE Stewart <cheme...@gmail.com> wrote: > Did you guys invent the Internet too? Terry, I like your theory better. I don't recall "God's Rods". I think that would have been a bit too irreverent for the Potus. However, there were those "brilliant pebbles". http://missilethreat.com/defense-systems/brilliant-pebbles/
