[meteorite-list] Question about Comets, Shock Waves, and Craters
From: Paul H <bristolia_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Oct 19 15:28:55 2004 Message-ID: <20041019192853.8182.qmail_at_web50605.mail.yahoo.com> I have come across an idea with people, while engaged in the discussion of geology, which claims that when a comet disintegrates, it can produce some type of "shock wave" that can impact the ground in a way as to produce a crater. Although the person will claim that this is scientifcally possible, he or she can't produce a detailed physical model about how this actually happens. Has anyone published any type of physical model about how the disintegration / explosion / aerial detonation of a comet can produce "shock waves" / "jets" capable of producing craters? Is there any reality to this idea? Or is this all technobabble of the type that a person hears in "Star Trex" and other science fiction, used to justify scientifically impossible plot devices? Best Regards, Paul Baton Rouge, LA __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Received on Tue 19 Oct 2004 03:28:53 PM PDT |
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