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Title: 220’ Asteroid To Come VERY Close To, Or Hit, Earth On March 25 - JPL Has Been Withholding The Data For 2 Weeks - 'Condition Code' Is 9 Said Possible ‘Country Killer’
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URL Source: https://youtu.be/bULBJn1zMic
Published: Mar 18, 2023
Author: James Kaufman
Post Date: 2023-03-18 15:35:26 by Original_Intent
Keywords: Apocalypse, Asteroid, Impact, Tyranny
Views: 960
Comments: 17
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#10. To: Original_Intent (#0)
It seems there is no risk to earth, as it's expected to pass about 1/2 the distance from the earth to the moon, or about 120,000 miles at closest approach. That is about 15 earth diameters away. That is indeed close in astronomical terms but if the earth was the size of a basketball, this would miss it by about 12 feet.
Probably about the height of a trillion one dollar bills (one 30th of the national debt) stacked up. Wanna get astronomical? Line 'em up end to end.
Ran some numbers. The 2013 meteor that hit Russia was about 2% of the size of this one and delivered a blast of about 14 kilotons. So this one would be about 50 times stronger or about 26 megatons, on par with a modest nuclear bomb. There would be some variables. We are assuming the density is the same. If it's more or less dense there'd be more or less energy released. There's also a potential speed variance. If it's only going half the speed, the energy would be reduced by 75% if my physics is right, or if double the speed it would be 4x greater. All in all, a fun event for the whole family.
My favorite kind! FWIW, Wikipedia allows the 2013 Russian meteor 400–500 kilotons of TNT, and this new one 4.8 megatons.
I realized my calcs were off somehow but was hoping no one would notice! But the yield will vary significantly with the speed.
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#11. To: Pinguinite, 4um (#10)
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That is indeed close in astronomical terms...
#12. To: Esso (#11)
#15. To: Pinguinite (#12)
a modest nuclear bomb
#17. To: StraitGate (#15)
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