[meteorite-list] Tunguska Questions

[GeoZay 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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