Comments on: Asteroid on the way? Figure out the damage… https://habitablezone.com/2011/11/12/asteroid-on-the-way-figure-out-the-damage/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:03:37 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eri https://habitablezone.com/2011/11/12/asteroid-on-the-way-figure-out-the-damage/#comment-8400 Eri Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:36:00 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=5223#comment-8400 Who are you, poster? You've posted without identity. Thank you. Who are you, poster? You’ve posted without identity. Thank you.

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2011/11/12/asteroid-on-the-way-figure-out-the-damage/#comment-8382 RobVG Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:55:28 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=5223#comment-8382 Now "you" are doing it- "I" was joking this time. Sheesh n/t Now “you” are doing it- “I” was joking this time. Sheesh n/t

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2011/11/12/asteroid-on-the-way-figure-out-the-damage/#comment-8380 bowser Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:32:46 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=5223#comment-8380 You Da Man, Rob. While I believe there is a human element to Space science, and emotions and subjective evaluations are appropriate, I will concede to your higher sensitivities. By the way, please notify NASA to remove the paintings they have commissioned from public display. You Da Man, Rob. While I believe there is a human element to Space science, and emotions and subjective evaluations are appropriate, I will concede to your higher sensitivities.

By the way, please notify NASA to remove the paintings they have commissioned from public display.

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2011/11/12/asteroid-on-the-way-figure-out-the-damage/#comment-8373 RobVG Sat, 12 Nov 2011 23:00:59 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=5223#comment-8373 <p>Oh here we go "again"! </p> Gotcha - wiseguy. Oh here we go “again”!

Gotcha – wiseguy.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/11/12/asteroid-on-the-way-figure-out-the-damage/#comment-8366 TB Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:12:28 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=5223#comment-8366 <p>The reality is very complicated.</p> Much more complicated than that simple simulator. A deep-ocean strike of a large body would create tsunamis, and the worst damage zones (many of them too far away to even see the strike itself) would be dictated solely by the exact point of the fall and a lot of complex factors of landforms and ocean bottom shapes. There is also sometimes an "antipodal shock" thing going, where even if a body fell on the exact opposite side of the planet from, say, Oregon, the shock convergence could do a lot more damage than one would think. Even then geology figures into it. I watched a simulation of an "antipodal shock" once and the worst effects weren't precisely on the other side of the Earth. A lot of different things steered and refocused the shocks. The reality is very complicated.

Much more complicated than that simple simulator. A deep-ocean strike of a large body would create tsunamis, and the worst damage zones (many of them too far away to even see the strike itself) would be dictated solely by the exact point of the fall and a lot of complex factors of landforms and ocean bottom shapes.

There is also sometimes an “antipodal shock” thing going, where even if a body fell on the exact opposite side of the planet from, say, Oregon, the shock convergence could do a lot more damage than one would think. Even then geology figures into it. I watched a simulation of an “antipodal shock” once and the worst effects weren’t precisely on the other side of the Earth. A lot of different things steered and refocused the shocks.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2011/11/12/asteroid-on-the-way-figure-out-the-damage/#comment-8365 bowser Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:03:40 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=5223#comment-8365 Post edited out at the request of RobVG for containing subjective elements. Arf Post edited out at the request of RobVG for containing subjective elements.

Arf

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2011/11/12/asteroid-on-the-way-figure-out-the-damage/#comment-8359 RobVG Sat, 12 Nov 2011 20:32:59 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=5223#comment-8359 That's fun- thanks. But the metric system takes (some of) the fun out of it. Who want's to do conversions to get a sense of density, velocity, distance etc. The little Eiffel Tower at the bottom of my crater was a nice touch though. That’s fun- thanks.

But the metric system takes (some of) the fun out of it. Who want’s to do conversions to get a sense of density, velocity, distance etc.

The little Eiffel Tower at the bottom of my crater was a nice touch though.

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