[meteorite-list] Tunguska Questions

From: GeoZay at aol.com <GeoZay_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 13:06:55 EDT
Message-ID: <d58.403bfecf.373efb2f_at_aol.com>

>>If a Navy destroyer can launch a huge shell a hundred miles
using a few pounds of gunpowder, <<

I think the largest gun on a U.S. Navy destroyer is around a 5 inch? I
think their range is about 8 to 10 miles? Just guessing here. A battleship
equipped with a 16 inch gun, I think it's range is in the neighborhood of
about 26 miles? Outside of missiles, I don't know of anything bigger on a ship.
 


>>, how far can a meteoroid blast such as
this launch stone fragments?<<

the further a stone fragment gets launched, also means the more energy
available to pulverize it when it smacked the atmosphere I would think.
geozay

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