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> 4.23 Mt isnt a huge impact Hiroshima was 15 kt, 4.23 Mt is 282x that. Fortunately this thing is small enough that it would burst at high altitude and only do
by T-A 4y ago
> 4.23 Mt isnt a huge impact
Hiroshima was 15 kt, 4.23 Mt is 282x that. Fortunately this thing is small enough that it would burst at high altitude and only do minor damage on the ground:
https://impact.ese.ic.ac.uk/ImpactEarth/cgi-bin/crater.cgi?dist=0.0001&diam=50&pdens=2300&pdens_select=0&vel=15.43&theta=45&tdens=2500&tdens_select=0 https://impact.ese.ic.ac.uk/ImpactEarth/cgi-bin/crater.cgi?d...