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Dr. Ho Doan (OP) User ID: 34464973 United States 02/26/2013 09:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: BREAKING NEWS --- Mars to be hit by massive comet! 40 billion nuke bomb size explosion! CONFIRMED! The Chicxulub impact that killed off the dinosaurs was estimated at 4.2 x 10^23 Joules. So this impact would be roughly 50 times the energy of the dinosaur killer. |
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hatch battener User ID: 35248956 United States 02/27/2013 12:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: BREAKING NEWS --- Mars to be hit by massive comet! 40 billion nuke bomb size explosion! CONFIRMED! So a very conservative estimate would put it at about 4 billion Megatons of TNT, or 266 million times the energy of the Castle Bravo explosion shown here. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 34464973 [link to www.youtube.com] Castle Bravo explosion from an airplane at 50 miles distance. Or maybe a bomb that more people have knowledge of, the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, a 'mere' 16 kilotons in yield. Most believe well over a hundred thousand people were killed, many within seconds. So the energy of this comet impact of 4 billion megatons of TNT, would be 250 billion times the yield of the bomb that brought a tragic end to WW2. |
Spike User ID: 33858905 United States 02/27/2013 01:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: BREAKING NEWS --- Mars to be hit by massive comet! 40 billion nuke bomb size explosion! CONFIRMED! The core of the comet will be moving 56 kilometers per sec when it smashes into Mars. The explosion it creates will be equal to 40 BILLION 500kt nuclear bombs(avg US and Russ arsenal weapon) going off at once, or 20 billion megatons of TNT, or 1.33 trillion Hiroshima bombs, or 1.3 billion Castle Bravo explosions. Its enough to kill all life on the planet if any were living there. Quoting: Dr. Ho Doan 34464973 Astronomers predict a large-scale disaster on the Red Planet in October 2014, when a comet may ram into Mars, creating a 500-kilometer crater, the website of the Russian observatory ISON-NM said. [link to english.pravda.ru] comet core 30 miles across collision speed 35 miles per second (126,000 miles per hour) It may make Mars temporarily as bright as the sun. The crater left behind will be 500 kilometers across. A lot of rock will be ejected into space and become stray asteroids. This will be an epic event. Maybe It'll make mars habitable in 100 years. |
mclinking User ID: 34631684 France 02/27/2013 02:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: BREAKING NEWS --- Mars to be hit by massive comet! 40 billion nuke bomb size explosion! CONFIRMED! You can bet every penny that everyone in the space industry will be studying this comet to find the true trajectory - and just as SL-9, all eyes will be on it. Quoting: Anonymous 843492 I really really hope it hits. It will be amazing to see. Even better when another comet - there's a lot out there, you know - hits us. Maybe this Mars impact news for Oct 2014 may be a distraction for comet ISON due this November - we go through its tail in January 2014. This is no squirt like Elenin, a runt of a comet. It's a whopper. |
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#Geomagnetic_Storm# User ID: 1426914 United States 02/27/2013 03:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: BREAKING NEWS --- Mars to be hit by massive comet! 40 billion nuke bomb size explosion! CONFIRMED! It would seem that a focused impact with that much explosive force could be enough to alter the Mars orbit. At which time the question them becomes; How long until Mars impacts Earth? Quoting: Floobarb the Argnorf Don't have to wait until October 2014 guys, this year alone has lots of big events that will provide all sorts of thrills and spills. Yes, according to you I'll be dead next month. Loon. I never said that. I said big events would happen soon that would make you unable to post your usual debunking theories here, since you would not be able to explain them anyway. Therefore, you will go back to your work or bunker wherever it is and will lose purpose of posting here. :dubya: |
#Geomagnetic_Storm# User ID: 1426914 United States 02/27/2013 03:03 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: BREAKING NEWS --- Mars to be hit by massive comet! 40 billion nuke bomb size explosion! CONFIRMED! that's gonna split Mars into pieces, and most Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1545225 of them will then come hurtling towards the Earth, and smash us all to smithereens!!! Fortunately its not going to split Mars, but it will make a massive explosion and a big molten crater, and will send a bunch of ejecta into space. That means we would likely see a large increase in meteors here on Earth for a while. |
#Geomagnetic_Storm# User ID: 1426914 United States 02/27/2013 03:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: BREAKING NEWS --- Mars to be hit by massive comet! 40 billion nuke bomb size explosion! CONFIRMED! that's gonna split Mars into pieces, and most Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1545225 of them will then come hurtling towards the Earth, and smash us all to smithereens!!! Fortunately its not going to split Mars, but it will make a massive explosion and a big molten crater, and will send a bunch of ejecta into space. That means we would likely see a large increase in meteors here on Earth for a while. have you ever seen a diamond shatter when the cutter is doing the initial rough cut with a hammer and chisel? Da who and da what? |
Dr. Astro Senior Forum Moderator User ID: 4211721 United States 02/27/2013 03:13 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: BREAKING NEWS --- Mars to be hit by massive comet! 40 billion nuke bomb size explosion! CONFIRMED! It would seem that a focused impact with that much explosive force could be enough to alter the Mars orbit. At which time the question them becomes; How long until Mars impacts Earth? Quoting: Floobarb the Argnorf Don't have to wait until October 2014 guys, this year alone has lots of big events that will provide all sorts of thrills and spills. Yes, according to you I'll be dead next month. Loon. I never said that. I said big events would happen soon that would make you unable to post your usual debunking theories here, since you would not be able to explain them anyway. Therefore, you will go back to your work or bunker wherever it is and will lose purpose of posting here. Oh I'll still be here, you can bet on that. In fact, how much do you want to bet against that? |
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IRANIAN BITCH WW3 PRIVATE User ID: 1351603 United States 02/27/2013 07:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: BREAKING NEWS --- Mars to be hit by massive comet! 40 billion nuke bomb size explosion! CONFIRMED! The core of the comet will be moving 56 kilometers per sec when it smashes into Mars. The explosion it creates will be equal to 40 BILLION 500kt nuclear bombs(avg US and Russ arsenal weapon) going off at once, or 20 billion megatons of TNT, or 1.33 trillion Hiroshima bombs, or 1.3 billion Castle Bravo explosions. Its enough to kill all life on the planet if any were living there. Quoting: Dr. Ho Doan 34464973 Astronomers predict a large-scale disaster on the Red Planet in October 2014, when a comet may ram into Mars, creating a 500-kilometer crater, the website of the Russian observatory ISON-NM said. [link to english.pravda.ru] comet core 30 miles across collision speed 35 miles per second (126,000 miles per hour) It may make Mars temporarily as bright as the sun. The crater left behind will be 500 kilometers across. A lot of rock will be ejected into space and become stray asteroids. This will be an epic event. AND IS THIS POST FROM AUGUST 24, 2012 WHEN IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED? NEED THE TIME STAMP THERE ECHO LAST DAY OR WHAT. WANT RE: PETE. AIM-SKI THIS BITCHSKI [link to www.youtube.com] |
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Anonymous Cowherder Stop the inanity! User ID: 28230270 United States 02/27/2013 10:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: BREAKING NEWS --- Mars to be hit by massive comet! 40 billion nuke bomb size explosion! CONFIRMED! Phobos? Deimos? anyone? Repeal the 17th Amendment and the Reapportionment Act of 1929! Thread: First steps down the road to a return to the Constitutional Republic that we were intended to be. Restore the Republic. Thread: The Bill of Rights does NOT include age requirements! It's a flower, not something to be feared. - Moo! |
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mclinking User ID: 34631684 France 02/27/2013 10:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: BREAKING NEWS --- Mars to be hit by massive comet! 40 billion nuke bomb size explosion! CONFIRMED! Astro Mutt has been all over this. He has done a fantastic job already... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 34427786 Yeah, you'd think he 'owned' it. I'm so glad I banned you from my threads. I remember when you raged out when I did that. It isn't you, old chap, that gets me. It's the worship of you by others. As you have already indicated, what you know and others know about this comet is constantly changing and a completely picture may eventually emerge. Why, McCanney may be right when comet ISON flies by Mars and something - we really don't know - might happen to Mars orbit or its position ; if either change, then the impact may not happen or, on the contrary, be a direct hit. In addition, most of these long-term comets are recent discoveries and 'recent' isn't very comforting, is it! Which means what ELSE might soon be discovered? I have not gone on your thread and am not disputing anything you have said. My quote was aimed at the comment praising you. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1545225 United States 02/27/2013 01:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: BREAKING NEWS --- Mars to be hit by massive comet! 40 billion nuke bomb size explosion! CONFIRMED! hey, AstroMut. why don't you use your considerable resources to hunt down which super-computer they are using to calculate the precise trajectory of this thing, thus enabling us to precisely tell whether or not this thing will hit Mars and precisely what day and time it will happen? 'kay? |
Dr. Astro Senior Forum Moderator User ID: 33360181 United States 02/27/2013 04:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: BREAKING NEWS --- Mars to be hit by massive comet! 40 billion nuke bomb size explosion! CONFIRMED! hey, AstroMut. why don't you use your considerable Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1545225 resources to hunt down which super-computer they are using to calculate the precise trajectory of this thing, thus enabling us to precisely tell whether or not this thing will hit Mars and precisely what day and time it will happen? 'kay? Throwing a bigger computer at the problem won't solve it. The problem is that we lack sufficient astrometric data to know for sure if it will hit or not. Probably not, but we don't know. |
Dr. Astro Senior Forum Moderator User ID: 33360181 United States 02/27/2013 05:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: BREAKING NEWS --- Mars to be hit by massive comet! 40 billion nuke bomb size explosion! CONFIRMED! hey, AstroMut. why don't you use your considerable Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1545225 resources to hunt down which super-computer they are using to calculate the precise trajectory of this thing, thus enabling us to precisely tell whether or not this thing will hit Mars and precisely what day and time it will happen? 'kay? Throwing a bigger computer at the problem won't solve it. The problem is that we lack sufficient astrometric data to know for sure if it will hit or not. Probably not, but we don't know. no, no, no. they've been collecting the data-points for the position of this thing in 3-dimensional space since january. and with all the data points they can compute the orbit (trajectory), and then, further calculate whether the two objects will coincide in time and space on Oct 17, 2014. and my guess is that only a super-computer can digest all of the combinations and permutations therewith, so to speak. No, that's not how it works. We don't have enough astrometric data to know one way or the other yet. Sorry. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 26348511 Canada 02/27/2013 05:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: BREAKING NEWS --- Mars to be hit by massive comet! 40 billion nuke bomb size explosion! CONFIRMED! NASA is gonna be pissed that billions of $$$ is going to be vapourised within seconds. Would make for a hell of a show though, and a good indicator of what effect an object that size would have on hitting Earth (assuming it hits Mars). Quoting: Anonymous Coward 34327655 are you kidding they got a front row seat |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 35160978 United Kingdom 02/27/2013 05:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: BREAKING NEWS --- Mars to be hit by massive comet! 40 billion nuke bomb size explosion! CONFIRMED! hey, AstroMut. why don't you use your considerable Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1545225 resources to hunt down which super-computer they are using to calculate the precise trajectory of this thing, thus enabling us to precisely tell whether or not this thing will hit Mars and precisely what day and time it will happen? 'kay? Throwing a bigger computer at the problem won't solve it. The problem is that we lack sufficient astrometric data to know for sure if it will hit or not. Probably not, but we don't know. But,but,but think of the Martians wont anyone think of the martians |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 17989851 United States 02/27/2013 05:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: BREAKING NEWS --- Mars to be hit by massive comet! 40 billion nuke bomb size explosion! CONFIRMED! No, that's not how it works. We don't have enough astrometric data to know one way or the other yet. Sorry. Quoting: Dr. Astro well, it sounds to me like you've got bricks for brains. It doesn't matter how incrediby big and/or fast a computer is, the results of its calculations are only as good as the data going in. The current uncertainties in the data (such as the position and speed of the comet) are such that it cannot be definitely determined if it will hit Mars. More data (and more accurate data) will shrink the error bars and give us a more exact answer. |