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Meteor Impact Simulator
« on: January 02, 2005, 01:43:54 am »
How handy! Just in case a large object from space smashes into a nearby city, this program will calculate what you will have to prepare yourself for!

http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/impacteffects/

This program is actually very scary because the effects heavily depend on what the object was made of, so you may get some holocaustic results. I had one meteor 6-miles wide made out of ice hit the other end of the state, and I was still considered \"inside the fireball\". o.o Not to mention the 10.3 Richter scale earthquake that will shake my whole state. Very informative.

Scary reality in science sometimes.
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« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2005, 01:58:33 am »
Your Inputs:
Distance from Impact: 805.00 km = 499.90 miles
Projectile Diameter: 80467.00 m = 263931.76 ft = 49.97 miles
Projectile Density: 8000 kg/m3
Impact Velocity: 50.00 km/s = 31.05 miles/s
Impact Angle: 45 degrees
Target Density: 2500 kg/m3
Target Type: Sedimentary Rock
Energy:
Energy before atmospheric entry: 2.73 x 1027 Joules = 6.52 x 1011 MegaTons TNT
The average interval between impacts of this size is longer than the Earth\'s age.
Such impacts could only occur during the accumulation of the Earth, between 4.5 and 4 billion years ago.
Major Global Changes:
The Earth is not strongly disturbed by the impact and loses negligible mass.
The impact does not make a noticeable change in the Earth\'s rotation period or the tilt of its axis.
The impact does not shift the Earth\'s orbit noticeably.
Crater Dimensions:
Transient Crater Diameter: 723 km = 449 miles
Transient Crater Depth: 256 km = 159 miles
Final Crater Diameter: 1710 km = 1060 miles
Final Crater Depth: 2.78 km = 1.73 miles
The crater formed is a complex crater.
The volume of the target melted or vaporized is 1.72e+07 km3 = 4.12e+06 miles3
Roughly half the melt remains in the crater , where its average thickness is 41.8 km = 26 miles
Thermal Radiation:
Time for maximum radiation: 55.9 seconds after impact
Your position is inside the fireball.
The fireball appears 775 times larger than the sun
Thermal Exposure: 1.96 x 1011 Joules/m2
Duration of Irradiation: 3630 seconds
Radiant flux (relative to the sun): 54100
Effects of Thermal Radiation:
Clothing ignites
Much of the body suffers third degree burns
Newspaper ignites
Plywood flames
Deciduous trees ignite
Grass ignites
Seismic Effects:
The major seismic shaking will arrive at approximately 161 seconds.
Richter Scale Magnitude: 12.5 (This is greater than any earthquake in recorded history)
Mercalli Scale Intensity at a distance of 805 km:
IX. General panic. Damage considerable in specially designed structures; well-designed frame structures thrown out of plumb. Damage great in substantial buildings, with partial collapse. Buildings shifted off foundations. Serious damage to reservoirs. Underground pipes broken. Conspicuous cracks in ground. In alluviated areas sand and mud ejected, earthquake fountains, sand craters.
X. Most masonry and frame structures destroyed with their foundations. Some well-built wooden structures and bridges destroyed. Serious damage to dams, dikes, embankments. Large landslides. Water thrown on banks of canals, rivers, lakes, etc. Sand and mud shifted horizontally on beaches and flat land. Rails bent slightly.
Ejecta:
The ejecta will arrive approximately 436 seconds after the impact.
Your position is in the region which collapses into the final crater.
Your position is beneath the continuous ejecta deposit.
Average Ejecta Thickness: 4670 m = 15300 ft
Air Blast:
The air blast will arrive at approximately 2440 seconds.
Peak Overpressure: 1.55e+08 Pa = 1550 bars = 22000 psi
Max wind velocity: 10000 m/s = 22400 mph
Sound Intensity: 164 dB (Dangerously Loud)
Damage Description:
Multistory wall-bearing buildings will collapse.
Wood frame buildings will almost completely collapse.
Multistory steel-framed office-type buildings will suffer extreme frame distortion, incipient collapse.
Highway truss bridges will collapse.
Highway girder bridges will collapse.
Glass windows will shatter.
Cars and trucks will be largely displaced and grossly distorted and will require rebuilding before use.
Up to 90 percent of trees blown down; remainder stripped of branches and leaves.

...aww man what if that happens? I mean... man... bye bye me :(
I am just a figment of you imagination and a byproduct of the worse accident ever... ... or so my mommy says!
Imagine your life ripped to hundreds of shreds, then think about how you just stepped in poo, welcome to my world.

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« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2005, 02:15:25 am »
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Originally posted by Olig
How handy! Just in case a large object from space smashes into a nearby city, this program will calculate what you will have to prepare yourself for!

http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/impacteffects/

This program is actually very scary because the effects heavily depend on what the object was made of, so you may get some holocaustic results. I had one meteor 6-miles wide made out of ice hit the other end of the state, and I was still considered \"inside the fireball\". o.o Not to mention the 10.3 Richter scale earthquake that will shake my whole state. Very informative.

Scary reality in science sometimes.

I went to meteor crater in Arizona and they had a video similation and everything. It was totally bad  :D . Nice find there, it\'s definally fun mesing with variables and discovering how much it takes to totally annialate the earth, however I have to wonder if there are any video simulations out there as the pretty graphics generally make the presentation alot nicer and user-friendly

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« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2005, 02:15:45 am »
Your Inputs:
    Distance from Impact: 8050.00 km = 4999.05 miles
    Projectile Diameter: 1609340.00 m = 5278635.20 ft = 999.40 miles
    Projectile Density: 8000 kg/m3
    Impact Velocity: 51.00 km/s = 31.67 miles/s
    Impact Angle: 50 degrees
    Target Density: 2500 kg/m3
    Target Type: Sedimentary Rock

Energy:
    Energy before atmospheric entry: 2.27 x 1031 Joules = 5.42 x 1015 MegaTons TNT
    The average interval between impacts of this size is longer than the Earth\'s age.
    Such impacts could only occur during the accumulation of the Earth, between 4.5 and 4 billion years ago.

Major Global Changes:
    The Earth is not strongly disturbed by the impact and loses negligible mass.
    14.07 percent of the Earth is melted
    The impact does not make a noticeable change in the Earth\'s rotation period or the tilt of its axis.
    The impact does not shift the Earth\'s orbit noticeably.

Crater Dimensions:
    Transient Crater Diameter: 7750 km = 4810 miles
    Transient Crater Depth: 2740 km = 1700 miles
    Final Crater Diameter: 25000 km = 15500 miles
    Final Crater Depth: 6.23 km = 3.87 miles
    The final crater is replaced by a large, circular melt province.
    At this impact velocity ( < 12 km/s), little shock melting of the target occurs.
    Melt volume = 2.54 times the crater volume
    At this size, the crater forms in its own melt pool.

I am so proud of my meteor. :P
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« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2005, 02:16:31 am »
Nice... thou I do not want my numbers to be true fer a metorite...

\"The Earth is completely disrupted by the impact and its debris forms a new asteroid belt orbiting the sun between Venus and Mars.\"

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« Reply #5 on: January 02, 2005, 08:56:51 am »
lol I got the same results as Enter the Xero
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« Reply #6 on: January 02, 2005, 09:09:08 am »
Try some more realistic measurements, like a 200 foot meteor hitting a neigboring town from yours. :D

[edit: Whoops, I checked it and 200 ft meteors dont even make it through the atmosphere whole. ^^ Try a 1200 ft meteor instead and see if your clothes survive the thermal radiation.]
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« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2005, 09:13:59 am »
Id rather have two earths colide into eachother ending all life :)
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« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2005, 09:25:42 am »
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Id rather have two earths colide into eachother ending all life :)


Try it!

The earth\'s diameter is 12,576 km. ^^

Or how about the moon at 3476 km?

Or any other planets colliding with our world.

http://www.the-solar-system.net/planets-facts.html
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« Reply #9 on: January 02, 2005, 10:16:18 am »
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The average interval between impacts of this size is longer than the Earth\'s age.
Such impacts could only occur during the accumulation of the Earth, between 4.5 and 4 billion years ago.


I guess we should more care about not driving drunk that about such impacts ;)

---- My one: i guess my numbers are a bit big. They don\'t even show if my clothes survive ;(

Your Inputs:
    Distance from Impact: 1000.00 km = 621.00 miles
    Projectile Diameter: 50000000.00 m = 164000000.00 ft = 31050.00 miles
    Projectile Density: 8000 kg/m3
    Impact Velocity: 17.00 km/s = 10.56 miles/s
    Impact Angle: 60 degrees
    Target Density: 1000 kg/m3
    Target Type: Liquid Water of depth 500.00 meters, over typical rock.

Energy:
    Energy before atmospheric entry: 7.57 x 1034 Joules = 1.81 x 1019 MegaTons TNT
    The average interval between impacts of this size is longer than the Earth\'s age.
    Such impacts could only occur during the accumulation of the Earth, between 4.5 and 4 billion years ago.

Major Global Changes:
    The Earth is completely disrupted by the impact and its debris forms a new asteroid belt orbiting the sun between Venus and Mars.
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« Reply #10 on: January 02, 2005, 06:58:45 pm »
Lol I totally destroyed the earth

The Earth is completely disrupted by the impact and its debris forms a new asteroid belt orbiting the sun between Venus and Mars.:D
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« Reply #11 on: January 02, 2005, 07:40:24 pm »
you think that is weird,

check out this
Zombies!
scroll down for instructions, it shows what would happin in a case of zombies!!!!!!!!!!!!
« Last Edit: January 02, 2005, 07:41:51 pm by Black_rose »
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« Reply #12 on: January 02, 2005, 07:50:47 pm »
only 80% of the earth  is gone :evil:
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Your Inputs:
Distance from Impact: 322.00 km = 199.96 miles
Projectile Diameter: 3218680.00 m = 10557270.40 ft = 1998.80 miles
Projectile Density: 8000 kg/m3
Impact Velocity: 115.92 km/s = 71.99 miles/s (Your chosen velocity is higher than the maximum for an object orbiting the sun)
Impact Angle: 6 degrees
Target Density: 2500 kg/m3
Target Type: Sedimentary Rock
Energy:
Energy before atmospheric entry: 9.38 x 1032 Joules = 2.24 x 1017 MegaTons TNT
The average interval between impacts of this size is longer than the Earth\'s age.
Such impacts could only occur during the accumulation of the Earth, between 4.5 and 4 billion years ago.
Major Global Changes:
The Earth is strongly disturbed by the impact, but loses little mass.
79.37 percent of the Earth is melted
The impact makes a noticeable change in the Earth\'s rotation period and tilt of its axis.
The impact does not shift the Earth\'s orbit noticeably.
Crater Dimensions:
What does this mean?



Transient Crater Diameter: 9830 km = 6100 miles
Transient Crater Depth: 3480 km = 2160 miles


Final Crater Diameter: 32700 km = 20300 miles
Final Crater Depth: 6.76 km = 4.2 miles
The final crater is replaced by a large, circular melt province.
At this impact velocity ( < 12 km/s), little shock melting of the target occurs.
Melt volume = 7.02 times the crater volume
At this size, the crater forms in its own melt pool.
Ejecta:
What does this mean?



Your position was inside the transient crater and ejected upon impact

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« Reply #13 on: January 02, 2005, 08:11:34 pm »
Crater is the giant hole left where the thingy hit.
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« Reply #14 on: January 02, 2005, 08:16:11 pm »
thats wat i copied
dummy :P
it was there -.-;

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