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Asteroid Hits Earth? Catastrophic?

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  • 07-07-2017 3:23am
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    Fathom
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    NASA modeling program. Simulates asteroid impacts. Identifies possible life-threatening events. Yester-geologic-year dinosaur extinction theory. Next humans?


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    Fathom
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    Gisler, G.R., et al (2004), Two- and three-dimensional asteroid impact simulations, IEEE Xplore, Vol 6, Issue 3. Attempts to estimate the effect of tsunamis.


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    dogmatix
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    Came across this interesting simulator - you can create a crater size based on size, speed and density of the asteroid.

    http://simulator.down2earth.eu/input.html?lang=en&dist=110&diam=15000&traj=85&velo=70&pjd=4&tjd=s&planet=Earth


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    Fathom
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    Salvation. New summer TV series. Massive extinction asteroid. Heading for Earth.


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