[meteorite-list] Software Models Consequences Of Asteroid Strikes

[Mal Bishop]

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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