Let's Nudge that Rock a bit...

[Tucker Dwynn]

Story Link: http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1346411.ece

Lets say that rock that hit Norway on Wednesday morning, with the same power as the Hiroshima bomb but with no radiation, was a couple of degrees off, and hit further south...

Lets say somewhere near the French/German boarder.

What happens next...

Impact was roughly 2:03AM

 

[Tom Veil]

As always, the standard for these things is the
University of Arizona Earth Impact Calculator...

OK, we know that from 7 km away, it sounded like a dynamite charge sounds from 1 km away. We know that the picture depicts about a 60 deg angle of impact. And we believe that it weighs at least 90 kg...

Hmm. We need a lot more data. A 90kg comet wouldn't make a noise from 7km away; heck, a 1 ton comet wouldn't either.

 

[Wendell]

As always, the standard for these things is the
University of Arizona Earth Impact Calculator...

OK, we know that from 7 km away, it sounded like a dynamite charge sounds from 1 km away. We know that the picture depicts about a 60 deg angle of impact. And we believe that it weighs at least 90 kg...

Hmm. We need a lot more data. A 90kg comet wouldn't make a noise from 7km away; heck, a 1 ton comet wouldn't either.

That's an interesting website.

 

[Thande]

I KNEW IT!

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