[meteorite-list] Meteorites 101-The Bolide and the Nuclear Bomb

From: Regine Petersen <fips_bruno_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 01:29:33 +0000 (GMT)
Message-ID: <112609.35304.qm_at_web27001.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Ha, exactly what I mean... *scratch head*


--- Barrett <BarrettWF at comcast.net> schrieb am Di, 18.1.2011:

> Von: Barrett <BarrettWF at comcast.net>
> Betreff: RE: [meteorite-list] Meteorites 101-The Bolide and the Nuclear Bomb
> An: "'Regine Petersen'" <fips_bruno at yahoo.de>, Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Datum: Dienstag, 18. Januar, 2011 02:10 Uhr
> SIMPLY put; (excerpt and disected
> from ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHYSICS)
>
> ENERGY is the ability to produce work. It is a certain
> abstract scalar
> quantity that an object is said to possess. It is NOT
> something that is
> directly observable.
> Some say it is a process of gravity.
> WORK is the transference of energy from one object to
> another by a force
> from one on the other when that second object is displaced
> by the force.
> FORCE is the release of energy to another object.
>
> As clear as the Mississippi River now huh?
>
> -Barrett
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com]
> On Behalf Of Regine
> Petersen
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 4:08 PM
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com;
> Martin Altmann
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites 101-The Bolide and
> the Nuclear Bomb
>
> Thank you Chris and Martin,
>
> which brings me to the question, what exactly is energy? I
> am trying to put
> aside what I have learned about it and look at it with a
> second naivety. I
> find it hard to grasp (similar to the idea of gravity).
>
> But perhaps this is not so interesting for others. I've
> been trying to
> re-think basic concepts lately, everything I think I know,
> and when thinking
> about it I realize that I don't.
>
> But back to the topic: Reading your explanations the
> accelerated tree growth
> in the Tunguska area would therefore simply be a stress
> symptom?
>
> R.
>
> --- Martin Altmann <altmann at meteorite-martin.de>
> schrieb am Mo, 17.1.2011:
>
> > Von: Martin Altmann <altmann at meteorite-martin.de>
> > Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites 101-The
> Bolide and the Nuclear
> Bomb
> > An: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> > Datum: Montag, 17. Januar, 2011 23:23 Uhr
> > Hi Regine,
> >
> > because the TNT-equivalent is the most common form to
> give
> > the measure of
> > energy released in an explosion.
> >
> > Big impacts of meteorites release a lot of energy due
> to
> > the mighty kinetic
> > energy the impactors have, while hitting.
> > In fact there are no such natural events else, where
> > punctually so much
> > energy is released.
> >
> > Energy is energy, no matter how it's produced, whether
> by
> > nuclear fission or
> > by an impact of a meteorite.
> >
> > You could express the energy released in such an
> explosion
> > also in Joule,
> > but quite nobody would have an imagination, what let's
> say
> > 120 Terajoule
> > should be.
> > Though if you say, that explosion was so hefty like 2
> > Hiroshima bombs, it's
> > easier to imagine.
> >
> > Radiation plays no role in or after meteorite
> impacts.
> >
> >?
> > >have there been any cases of mutations or
> illnesses of
> > animals?
> >
> > Yes, once a dog in Egypt, a cow in Venezuela and a
> llama in
> > Peru felt
> > somewhat ill after a meteorite impact.
> >
> > Well and else...
> > I wouldn't call meteorite
> collectors/dealers/researchers
> > "animals" ;-)
> >
> > Best!
> > Martin
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> > [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com]
> > Im Auftrag von Regine
> > Petersen
> > Gesendet: Montag, 17. Januar 2011 22:39
> > An: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com;
> > Chris Peterson
> > Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites 101-The
> Bolide and
> > the Nuclear Bomb
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > can some of you explain to me the similarities of an
> > exploding meteor and a
> > nuclear bomb? There seem to be a lot of references
> and
> > explosive asteroid
> > events are often measured in Hiroshima bombs to scare
> the
> > hell out of
> > people.
> >
> > I always asked myself the question why that is? Is
> there
> > not a different
> > process at work, that of nuclear fission (atom bomb)
> and
> > fusion (hydrogen
> > bomb)?
> >
> > But when considering Tunguska, the aftermath seems to
> be
> > very similar. I
> > would like to know more about this: There has been
> > accelerated tree growth
> > due to the radiation, have there been any cases of
> > mutations or illnesses of
> > animals? Is such a radiation as severe as that of a
> bomb?
> > And what is the
> > difference / similarity of Tektites and Trinitite?
> >
> > Regine
> >
> >
> >
> >
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