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Catastrophe Calculator: Estimate Asteroid Impacts Online
Lets say you just watched Armageddon or Deep Impact, and were wondering what would happen in a REAL asteroid impact.
Well, the University of Arizona can tell you!
Or, at least, a webpage hosted by the University of Arizona can give you a pretty good impression.
Tell the program how big it is, how fast its going, and what its made of, and how far away from the impact site you are, and it'll tell you the size of the crater, how big and hot the fireball would be, how huge the ensuing crater would be, the size of the earthquake and, if applicable, how much of the Earth gets melted.
Its kind of morbid, sure, but it is so fun to set up a situation, like a dino-killer hitting SF, and seeing what happens in other cities.
Lets say you just watched Armageddon or Deep Impact, and were wondering what would happen in a REAL asteroid impact.
Well, the University of Arizona can tell you!
Or, at least, a webpage hosted by the University of Arizona can give you a pretty good impression.
Tell the program how big it is, how fast its going, and what its made of, and how far away from the impact site you are, and it'll tell you the size of the crater, how big and hot the fireball would be, how huge the ensuing crater would be, the size of the earthquake and, if applicable, how much of the Earth gets melted.
Its kind of morbid, sure, but it is so fun to set up a situation, like a dino-killer hitting SF, and seeing what happens in other cities.
posted by Wraithy at 1/16/2005 11:59:00 PM
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