[meteorite-list] Software Models Consequences Of Asteroid Strikes

From: Mal Bishop <magbish3_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:00:16 -0400
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20070412114309.02ab2058_at_lowcountry.com>

I thought some of you might find this of interest:

http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/070410_technovel_asteroidcomp.html


"...An asteroid just 200 meters in diameter hitting one of Earth's oceans
could cause tsunamis around the world. The largest asteroid strike in
recent human memory, at the
<http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planetearth/tunguska_mystery_011031.html>Tunguska<http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planetearth/tunguska_mystery_011031.html>
River in Russia, felled 80 million trees over an area of 2,150 kilometers.
That object's size has been estimated at about 50 meters in diameter."


Mal



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