to knock out enough shit to cause a significant change in gravity?

6/24/2008 11:44:08 PM

to knock out enough shit to cause a significant change in gravity?

6/24/2008 11:44:27 PM

I'll have to watch "Armageddon" again.

6/24/2008 11:45:11 PM

if you were going the speed of light and you screamed would your head explode

6/24/2008 11:45:42 PM

fuck, this was definitely a lounge thread.

6/24/2008 11:46:22 PM

Someone would answer it in TSB.

6/24/2008 11:48:37 PM

I don't see what asteroids and "shit" in the earth have to do with gravity (the fact that god gave us the ability to keep ourselves unwittingly attached to earth)

6/24/2008 11:53:45 PM

no i think it's right at home here

6/24/2008 11:53:56 PM

What is significant to you?

Some relevant information would not only be the mass of the asteroid, but the shape, matter, speed, angle of impact, etc.

6/24/2008 11:54:25 PM

WTF is the difference between "The Lounge" and "Chit Chat"??

6/24/2008 11:54:46 PM

only difference to me is in chit chat I can post this



and in the lounge I cant

6/24/2008 11:55:46 PM

considering the density gradient of the earth, it'd have to be pretty fucking big

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6/25/2008 12:00:30 AM

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6/25/2008 12:00:57 AM

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6/25/2008 12:01:01 AM

i want to know.

6/25/2008 12:41:38 PM

^the earth's gravity comes from its mass and rotation. So you'd need a big asteroid that would destroy a lot of that mass and disturb its rotation. For that to happen would result in a huge explosion that would kill everyone on the planet. So you wouldn't be around to "enjoy" the change in gravity.

6/25/2008 12:45:23 PM

orly?

i know all that, i want to know the force for an average sized asteroid (to the exact decimal).

6/25/2008 1:34:31 PM

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6/25/2008 3:55:16 PM

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6/25/2008 4:05:10 PM

How do you define "significant"

6/25/2008 4:08:31 PM

A large enough impact usually just fuses the masses together.

Earth was actually 80% of the size that it is now when it was impacted by a Mars size object that actually added mass. Some of the remaining ejecta went on to form the moon. At least thats one theory on where the moon came from.

6/25/2008 4:09:20 PM

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6/25/2008 4:13:59 PM

How do you define "significant"

6/25/2008 4:15:45 PM

about 5~10% change in g.


lets assume the asteroid is a sphere.

6/25/2008 4:17:49 PM

Why don't you just lose some weight instead of hoping that asteroids will do it for you?

6/25/2008 4:18:38 PM

i'm 130 and 5'10, i don't think losing weight is in my best interest.

maybe the collision is inelastic and i gain some weight

[Edited on June 25, 2008 at 4:47 PM. Reason : EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT?]

6/25/2008 4:45:47 PM