[meteorite-list] Good math, bad eyes...

From: Matson, Robert <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:07:02 2004
Message-ID: <AF564D2B9D91D411B9FE00508BF1C86901B4E452_at_US-Torrance.mail.saic.com>

Hi Pekka,

Turns out you were correct after all -- it's 200 tons, not
200 kilotons. I misread the energy conversion chart I got
off the web. It gave the conversion as 1 *ton* of TNT = 4.184E+9
joules -- but I read it as 1 kiloton. Whoops! 200 tons is
a lot, but it's not a crater-producer (particularly since
this blast didn't occur at ground-level).

Best,
Rob
Received on Fri 18 Oct 2002 05:38:41 PM PDT