Meteorite Collision

[chattanova]

Amazing illustration of meteorite collision.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjk-9yJBIG0&eurl=

[lumukanda]

wow, that was scary. i suppose if that happens we're pretty screwed eh?

[hagbard_celine]

wow, that was scary. i suppose if that happens we're pretty screwed eh?


If it happened, yes. But how much of a threat is it really?

It's funny how this meteorite imapct scenario has become more commonplace since the end of the Cold War. It's as if now that the spectre of nuclear holocaust is gone we need something to replace it. During the Cold War we had films like "The Day After" and "Dr Strangelove", and after it was over we had "Armageddon" and "Deep Impact". It's as if our minds can't function without the prospect of doomsday just around the corner.

[lumukanda]

good point, from what i gather, it is highly unlikley, but still possible i suppose.
it was a well animated little piece though.

[abram730]

wow, that was scary. i suppose if that happens we're pretty screwed eh?

Totally fuc^%d comes to mind... The best idea for porous rocks was a magnifying glass...now that is funny... see nukes can't stop a porous asteroid and that's if we even notice it in time.

I heard talk that one may hit us... a pass in 2029(1 in 37 chance) and if it hits a spot called the keyhole(1 in 5,500 chance) results in 100% chance of impact in 2036.

Apophis had been intermittently tracked since its discovery in June last year but, in December, it started causing serious concern. Projecting the orbit of the asteroid into the future, astronomers had calculated that the odds of it hitting the Earth in 2029 were alarming. As more observations came in, the odds got higher.

the name is
Apophis - spirit of evil and destruction, a demon that was determined to plunge the world into eternal darkness.

100,000 times the energy released in the nuclear blast over Hiroshima. Thousands of square kilometres would be directly affected by the blast but the whole of the Earth would see the effects of the dust released into the atmosphere.

[infinitetruth]

hmmm, some of those concepts are outrageous. For a start the earth is moving too - therefore the earth would be hitting the meteor harder than the meteor hitting the earth - the meteor would be thrown back out into space or crushed. Second, if all the seas evaporate, where would they evaporate to? Surely they would become clouds and induce massive rain storms? I'm just not so sure it would happen like that.