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See, now this is an enjoyable fact. It is interesting to think that all of the forces involved in the collision will finish propelling themselves into each othe
by sushshshsh 6y ago
See, now this is an enjoyable fact. It is interesting to think that all of the forces involved in the collision will finish propelling themselves into each other within 2 minutes. One would think that it would be a little bit longer than that, because the transfer of energy between two cars in a car crash is over in a few seconds. But an asteroid colliding with a planetoid seems like it would take longer, given the amount of mass involved and the amount of deceleration that needs to take place (x km/s to 0.0000000 km/s)
- wahern 6y agoAnother cool fact: IIRC, the heat was so intense it basically incinerated all flora and fauna across distances that effectively encompassed most of the Americas. The rest of the planet burned more slowly, relatively speaking, as material fell back from outer space and forests burned in a planet-wide conflagration.
- rraghur 6y agoIf you liked that, also listen to radiolabs 'dinopocalypse'. it's on YouTube as well. Another interesting fact, some of the ejecta from that impact went as far as the moon!