Calculate asteroid impacts

[AnitaPeterson]

http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/impacteffects/

Pretty nifty effect descriptions, based on mathematical equations.

You can calculate the Deep Impact or Armageddon rocks as well...

 

[flyboy84]

i disrupted the earth! I win!

 

[Cooler]

That is broken it said earth did not lose noticeable mass but 100% of earth was melted.

 

[AnitaPeterson]

Originally posted by: Cooler
That is broken it said earth did not lose noticeable mass but 100% of earth was melted.

What on earth did you hit us with? (pun intended)

 

[xanis]

I turned the Earth into an asteroid belt... :evil:

Your Inputs:
Distance from Impact: 1.61 km = 1.00 miles
Projectile Diameter: 10000000000.00 m = 32800000000.00 ft = 6210000.00 miles
Projectile Density: 8000 kg/m3
Impact Velocity: 72.00 km/s = 44.71 miles/s
Impact Angle: 90 degrees
Target Density: 2500 kg/m3
Target Type: Sedimentary Rock
Energy:
Energy before atmospheric entry: 1.09 x 1043 Joules = 2.59 x 1027 MegaTons TNT
The average interval between impacts of this size is longer than the Earth's age.
Such impacts could only occur during the accumulation of the Earth, between 4.5 and 4 billion years ago.
Major Global Changes:
The Earth is completely disrupted by the impact and its debris forms a new asteroid belt orbiting the sun between Venus and Mars.

 

[Evadman]

I hate being forced to absorb 1.8 X 10 ^31 joules. That's a lot of fricking joules.

 

[Heisenberg]

Originally posted by: Evadman
I hate being forced to absorb 1.8 X 10 ^31 joules. That's a lot of fricking joules.

The trick is to pace yourself. It also helps to eat something beforehand, preferably something high in carbohydrates.

 

[Forsythe]

Awesome. Though it'd be cooler to get all the information without typing in stuff.
And being someone who's not bound by that hopelesly outdated imperial system (joke intended) i'm glad i can use metric.