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November 6, 2010 2:45 AM Subscribe
Sky falling?
posted by The Lady is a designer at 3:05 AM on November 6, 2010
posted by The Lady is a designer at 3:05 AM on November 6, 2010
Sky falling! Sky falling! Sky falling..
Aw, dang.. my projectile broke up with just a 30 decibel airblast.
posted by Ahab at 3:15 AM on November 6, 2010
Aw, dang.. my projectile broke up with just a 30 decibel airblast.
posted by Ahab at 3:15 AM on November 6, 2010
I feel like an evil scientist! This is really interesting, thanks.
posted by amyms at 3:42 AM on November 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by amyms at 3:42 AM on November 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
From my impact scenarios so far, it looks like the earth can survive a helluva lot more than I thought it could. That's comforting.
posted by amyms at 3:48 AM on November 6, 2010
posted by amyms at 3:48 AM on November 6, 2010
I thought it was over until Boom Boom, then it was fun again.
posted by Mblue at 3:52 AM on November 6, 2010
posted by Mblue at 3:52 AM on November 6, 2010
I hurled a chunk of iron the size of the US into the ocean. Earthquake 14.9 on the Richter scale.
I fucked shit up.
posted by louche mustachio at 4:04 AM on November 6, 2010 [2 favorites]
I fucked shit up.
posted by louche mustachio at 4:04 AM on November 6, 2010 [2 favorites]
The crater opened in the water has a diameter of 29000 km ( = 18000 miles ).
YES.
posted by mdonley at 4:15 AM on November 6, 2010 [2 favorites]
YES.
posted by mdonley at 4:15 AM on November 6, 2010 [2 favorites]
...it looks like the earth can survive a helluva lot more than I thought it could
At least in a web browser
posted by the noob at 4:30 AM on November 6, 2010
At least in a web browser
posted by the noob at 4:30 AM on November 6, 2010
Earthquake 14.9 on the Richter scale.
Sheeeeeeeee-it! In Tokyo we sleep through a 14.9.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:20 AM on November 6, 2010
Sheeeeeeeee-it! In Tokyo we sleep through a 14.9.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:20 AM on November 6, 2010
I mean, how much detail to you have to go into here? We can all understand that an astroid strike on earth would pretty much fall into the category of "worst thing that ever happened," and by now our still-incredibly wealthy governments should be doing something useful for once in their existences, and ramping up some kind of rocket program to deflect whatever incoming asteroids it would be possible for us to deflect. But no. Governments are busy protecting us against comparatively non-existent threats of terrorism, too-easily-openable medicine jars, too-generous showerheads and flush toilets, etc. What's really sad, is that an space program based on blasting incoming asteroids would be cool and fun, and would keep humanity entertained year after years, planning its design and implementation, and tweaking it from generation to generation.
posted by Faze at 5:21 AM on November 6, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by Faze at 5:21 AM on November 6, 2010 [2 favorites]
Saturday morning starting with a bang and way too early.
posted by francesca too at 5:25 AM on November 6, 2010
posted by francesca too at 5:25 AM on November 6, 2010
As far as the US is concerned, you'd have the shouty pundits and teabaggers screeching about the waste of money the first time a projected impact is someplace like Bolivia.
posted by crapmatic at 5:44 AM on November 6, 2010
posted by crapmatic at 5:44 AM on November 6, 2010
We can all understand that an astroid strike on earth would pretty much fall into the category of "worst thing that ever happened,"
Well... maybe not quite up there with GW Bush being elected twice, but, yeah, it'd be bad, no doubt about it.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:04 AM on November 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
Well... maybe not quite up there with GW Bush being elected twice, but, yeah, it'd be bad, no doubt about it.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:04 AM on November 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
"The Earth is strongly disturbed by the impact, but loses little mass. 84.75 percent of the Earth is melted"
Great, I killed the surface of the planet. Now I'm depressed.
posted by bwg at 6:15 AM on November 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
Great, I killed the surface of the planet. Now I'm depressed.
posted by bwg at 6:15 AM on November 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
This was very cool, but I would have liked the post anyway just for not being a link to that horrible new Nike commercial series.
posted by yerfatma at 6:49 AM on November 6, 2010
posted by yerfatma at 6:49 AM on November 6, 2010
I can't find Bruce Willis on any of the drop down menus.
posted by mecran01 at 6:55 AM on November 6, 2010 [5 favorites]
posted by mecran01 at 6:55 AM on November 6, 2010 [5 favorites]
cool, but I can't be the only one who was looking for the payoff to be a dramatic visualization of the planet being capped by a ball of iron, and was disappointed to find that we were rewarded with a spreadsheet.
posted by Think_Long at 7:05 AM on November 6, 2010 [12 favorites]
posted by Think_Long at 7:05 AM on November 6, 2010 [12 favorites]
Day change: not significant*
*Depending on the direction and location of impact, the collision may cause a change in the length of the day of up to 86.3 hours.
posted by flabdablet at 7:28 AM on November 6, 2010
*Depending on the direction and location of impact, the collision may cause a change in the length of the day of up to 86.3 hours.
posted by flabdablet at 7:28 AM on November 6, 2010
I can't find Bruce Willis on any of the drop down menus.
Although based loosely on a plausible future events, you could tell that Armageddon wasn't really going to be concerned with plausibility once they started throwing in blatantly unrealistic plot ideas, like an Earth-crossing asteroid the size of Texas, or Steven Tyler having a hot daughter.
I was hoping for Morgan Freeman, personally.
posted by roystgnr at 7:31 AM on November 6, 2010
Although based loosely on a plausible future events, you could tell that Armageddon wasn't really going to be concerned with plausibility once they started throwing in blatantly unrealistic plot ideas, like an Earth-crossing asteroid the size of Texas, or Steven Tyler having a hot daughter.
I was hoping for Morgan Freeman, personally.
posted by roystgnr at 7:31 AM on November 6, 2010
Your position is inside the fireball.
The fireball appears 2260 times larger than the sun
Thermal Exposure: 6.54 x 10^14 Joules/m^2
Duration of Irradiation: 382 hours
Radiant flux (relative to the sun): 475000
Effects of Thermal Radiation:
Clothing ignites.
Much of the body suffers third degree burns.
Newspaper ignites.
Plywood flames.
Deciduous trees ignite.
Grass ignites.
I feel tougher than Chuck Norris!
Shame I lose my newspaper, though.
posted by flabdablet at 7:34 AM on November 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
The fireball appears 2260 times larger than the sun
Thermal Exposure: 6.54 x 10^14 Joules/m^2
Duration of Irradiation: 382 hours
Radiant flux (relative to the sun): 475000
Effects of Thermal Radiation:
Clothing ignites.
Much of the body suffers third degree burns.
Newspaper ignites.
Plywood flames.
Deciduous trees ignite.
Grass ignites.
I feel tougher than Chuck Norris!
Shame I lose my newspaper, though.
posted by flabdablet at 7:34 AM on November 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
Best of the web, for seriously serious.
posted by Sticherbeast at 7:43 AM on November 6, 2010
posted by Sticherbeast at 7:43 AM on November 6, 2010
I created a crater 131,000 miles across.
Guess they need to handle edge cases better.
posted by blue_beetle at 7:59 AM on November 6, 2010
Guess they need to handle edge cases better.
posted by blue_beetle at 7:59 AM on November 6, 2010
related: lowflyingrocks is my favorite twitter stream. (Awesomely awesome post!)
posted by bluefly at 8:00 AM on November 6, 2010
posted by bluefly at 8:00 AM on November 6, 2010
I go to all the trouble to type in my statistics of global death, and, after a tantalizing graphic tease, all I get is this data set? An eschatonic dry hump? Where is my personalized, rendered armageddon?!
posted by Auden at 8:12 AM on November 6, 2010 [4 favorites]
posted by Auden at 8:12 AM on November 6, 2010 [4 favorites]
I do wish it would let you specify sillier combinations, like a housefly moving at 0.999C.
Looking around elsewhere, turns out that would have about the same impact energy as a 7ft dense-stone impactor going 72km/s.
Likewise, if I ever have to die and get the Viking funeral I'd prefer, my impact energy will about the same as the Empire State Building doing 72 km/s.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 8:13 AM on November 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
Looking around elsewhere, turns out that would have about the same impact energy as a 7ft dense-stone impactor going 72km/s.
Likewise, if I ever have to die and get the Viking funeral I'd prefer, my impact energy will about the same as the Empire State Building doing 72 km/s.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 8:13 AM on November 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
Awwyeaaaaaaah! Takin' out the TRASH!
posted by Capt. Renault at 8:13 AM on November 6, 2010
posted by Capt. Renault at 8:13 AM on November 6, 2010
It seems the animation is the same each time, and I hate having to reload the stats just to see what the difference between a glancing blow and a direct impact.
posted by cjorgensen at 8:41 AM on November 6, 2010
posted by cjorgensen at 8:41 AM on November 6, 2010
Almost back-to-back this Saturday am, Pink Floyd’s “The Great Gig in the Sky” and John Lee Hooker’s “Boom Boom”. These videos do completely different things and both blow me away.
Thanks, you two.
posted by mistersquid at 8:48 AM on November 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
Thanks, you two.
posted by mistersquid at 8:48 AM on November 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
Thanks, you two.
posted by mistersquid
Seconded.
That impact video/Great Gig thing was sad and uplifting at the same time for some reason. Sets the perfect tone for my day. Thanks!
posted by Ron Thanagar at 9:10 AM on November 6, 2010
posted by mistersquid
Seconded.
That impact video/Great Gig thing was sad and uplifting at the same time for some reason. Sets the perfect tone for my day. Thanks!
posted by Ron Thanagar at 9:10 AM on November 6, 2010
I recently was reading about the big asteroid impact at Chicxulub which wiped out the dinosaurs as well as about 70% of all species. This was 65 million years ago. Is our solar system still the sort of place where this sort of thing can happen? Fortunately for us, this event was of a bygone era, when the solar system was only 99% of its present age.
posted by neuron at 9:11 AM on November 6, 2010
posted by neuron at 9:11 AM on November 6, 2010
The impact-generated tsunami wave arrives approximately Infinity hours after impact.
I think I've somehow made sure that the Earth will never be destroyed. You can all thank me later.
posted by pemberkins at 9:33 AM on November 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
I think I've somehow made sure that the Earth will never be destroyed. You can all thank me later.
posted by pemberkins at 9:33 AM on November 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
My space potato is bigger than your space potato.
posted by Keith Talent at 9:51 AM on November 6, 2010
posted by Keith Talent at 9:51 AM on November 6, 2010
This is kind of fun, but I want to see the maths and play without having to do the animation every time. (Googles)
Ah, this looks like a prettified version of this: Earth Impacts Effects Program
This one lets you place the crater! Down 2 Earth Impact Simulator. Destroy your local city!
What I want, though, is more information when I'm making my choices. So when I'm choosing "Iron" or "Ice" asteroids, how common are each? Which one killed the dinosaurs? Which is the frequency of each? When you hit sedimentary or igneous land (or whatever the choices are) which type is my local landscape?
posted by alasdair at 10:01 AM on November 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
Ah, this looks like a prettified version of this: Earth Impacts Effects Program
This one lets you place the crater! Down 2 Earth Impact Simulator. Destroy your local city!
What I want, though, is more information when I'm making my choices. So when I'm choosing "Iron" or "Ice" asteroids, how common are each? Which one killed the dinosaurs? Which is the frequency of each? When you hit sedimentary or igneous land (or whatever the choices are) which type is my local landscape?
posted by alasdair at 10:01 AM on November 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
I recently was reading about the big asteroid impact at Chicxulub which wiped out the dinosaurs
There is evidence pointing to the possibility that asteroid didn't wipe out the dinosaurs, not that I'm an expert though.
However, using this post's site I sent that same size asteroid into water and it generated enough energy for a billion hiroshimas, (3.68 x 10^7 MegaTons TNT) which would seem to be enough damage!
posted by uni verse at 10:01 AM on November 6, 2010
There is evidence pointing to the possibility that asteroid didn't wipe out the dinosaurs, not that I'm an expert though.
However, using this post's site I sent that same size asteroid into water and it generated enough energy for a billion hiroshimas, (3.68 x 10^7 MegaTons TNT) which would seem to be enough damage!
posted by uni verse at 10:01 AM on November 6, 2010
I only created a small pile of dust, apparently an annual event IRL, but this is seriously awesome. Going send it to my teenage sons who will certainly do some major solar system renovations.
posted by angiep at 10:02 AM on November 6, 2010
posted by angiep at 10:02 AM on November 6, 2010
Oh, here you go, missed a link on the Imperial page: Examples of historical meteor strikes. No frequency data though.
posted by alasdair at 10:03 AM on November 6, 2010
posted by alasdair at 10:03 AM on November 6, 2010
I was disappointed there was no sound effect. I clicked this linked hoping for a deafening BOOM! to scare this cat out of my lap.
posted by maryr at 10:05 AM on November 6, 2010
posted by maryr at 10:05 AM on November 6, 2010
I find the part where you chunkafy the earth, turning it into an asteroid belt, but it also tells you that doing so have little impact (ha) on the length of the day, or the axis.
posted by edgeways at 10:36 AM on November 6, 2010
posted by edgeways at 10:36 AM on November 6, 2010
edgeways: Where does it describe the earth breaking up (or did you deduce it)?
posted by uni verse at 11:23 AM on November 6, 2010
posted by uni verse at 11:23 AM on November 6, 2010
whoops, a typograpical error of some sort?
posted by The Lady is a designer at 12:29 PM on November 6, 2010
posted by The Lady is a designer at 12:29 PM on November 6, 2010
Where's the ka-boom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering ka-boom...
posted by Strange Interlude at 12:44 PM on November 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Strange Interlude at 12:44 PM on November 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
Man, I really wanted this post to be called "Blow up the outside world."
posted by evidenceofabsence at 2:16 PM on November 6, 2010
posted by evidenceofabsence at 2:16 PM on November 6, 2010
Fun fact: apparently a meteor 1 metre in diameter with the density of neutron star material (3.7 * 10^17 kg/m^3) hitting the earth at 11km/s at 5 degrees will completely destroy the planet.
posted by "Elbows" O'Donoghue at 2:36 PM on November 6, 2010
posted by "Elbows" O'Donoghue at 2:36 PM on November 6, 2010
If you jump in the air right at the moment of impact, you will survive. That's my plan, anyway.
posted by orme at 6:37 PM on November 6, 2010
posted by orme at 6:37 PM on November 6, 2010
Tsunami arrival: infinity hours
So I have some time then?
posted by Brocktoon at 11:50 PM on November 6, 2010
So I have some time then?
posted by Brocktoon at 11:50 PM on November 6, 2010
Diameter: 50000 km
Density: 50000000000000000000 kg/m3
Angle: 90°
Velocity: 72 km/s
Target: Sedimentary rock
Your distance: 1km
Day change: not significant*
*The Earth is completely disrupted by the impact and its debris forms a new asteroid belt orbiting the sun between Venus and Mars.
100 percent of the Earth is melted
Depending on the direction and location the collision, the impact may totally change the Earth's rotation period and the tilt of its axis.
Depending on the direction and location of impact, the collision may cause a change in the length of the day of up to 381000000000000 hours.
The impact shifts the Earth's orbit totally.
posted by flabdablet at 3:06 AM on November 7, 2010
Density: 50000000000000000000 kg/m3
Angle: 90°
Velocity: 72 km/s
Target: Sedimentary rock
Your distance: 1km
Day change: not significant*
*The Earth is completely disrupted by the impact and its debris forms a new asteroid belt orbiting the sun between Venus and Mars.
100 percent of the Earth is melted
Depending on the direction and location the collision, the impact may totally change the Earth's rotation period and the tilt of its axis.
Depending on the direction and location of impact, the collision may cause a change in the length of the day of up to 381000000000000 hours.
The impact shifts the Earth's orbit totally.
posted by flabdablet at 3:06 AM on November 7, 2010
If you jump in the air right at the moment of impact, you will survive...
I have prolonged my life this way once. Better then nuthin'.
posted by uni verse at 9:55 AM on November 7, 2010
I have prolonged my life this way once. Better then nuthin'.
posted by uni verse at 9:55 AM on November 7, 2010
Boom. By Tennessee Williams: Suggested for a mature audience.
posted by ovvl at 3:25 PM on November 7, 2010
posted by ovvl at 3:25 PM on November 7, 2010
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