Purdue Earth Impact Calculator
The most AWESOME asteroid impact calculator on the Web!
Graphically speaking it’s the prettiest GUI calculator for asteroid impacts created by anyone thus far.
Scientifically speaking, great data and a useful tool.
Humanly speaking… Wow!
It’s always interesting to plug in some asteroid data to see how big the crater and devastation would be.
Especially if an asteroid hit a populated city today. Asteroids are a threat to our planet, and to the survival of the human species. If a large asteroid say 10 miles across were to impact even in the center of the Pacific Ocean we’d be in serious trouble.
Even a small asteroid poses a serious threat and are extremely dangerous if they impact a populated area.
Use it to calculate what would happen if an asteroid hit your town. See the effects scientifically of what would happen if an asteroid say 50 meters across hit your city. What would happen? Sobering really…
Here’s a screen shot of the data available from Purdue’s Earth Impact calculator.
Purdue Earth Impact Calculator - Source: http://www.purdue.edu/impactearth/
Neil DeGrasse Tyson speaking on Asteroid Apophis
REFERENCES:
PHYSORG.COM Article – Purdue unveils ‘Impact: Earth!’ asteroid impact effects calculator
http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-11-purdue-unveils-impact-earth-asteroid.html
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