tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29179803.post2777739001274321557..comments2024-03-28T20:47:47.445-04:00Comments on Serene Musings: The Tunguska EventScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10535260741343975445noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29179803.post-84594981261958446142010-01-10T22:58:10.488-05:002010-01-10T22:58:10.488-05:00Thanks for reading Moses.Thanks for reading Moses.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10535260741343975445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29179803.post-57758674246092003122010-01-10T11:33:44.828-05:002010-01-10T11:33:44.828-05:00Thanx Scott. You should be an astronomer.Thanx Scott. You should be an astronomer.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08113536662409672216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29179803.post-66212473253789251962010-01-09T23:41:08.904-05:002010-01-09T23:41:08.904-05:00Maybe Nicky II had a nuclear program way earlier t...Maybe Nicky II had a nuclear program way earlier than anyone else, but his science and research was all lost in 1917, thus putting off the Cuban Missile Crisis for an extra 40 years. :) <br /><br />Seriously though, you'd be surprised, probably, to discover that meteors cause Hiroshima-sized explosions about once a year or so in the atmosphere. They happen high up because the meteors typically hit the atmosphere directly. It takes a really oblique angle for a meteor to actually get through the atmosphere, and even then it would have to be quite large in order to not burn up before getting down low to the earth to make any difference or even be visible. <br /><br />Of course, Tunguska was 1000 times stronger than Hiroshima. But even a Tunguska-sized impact occurs every few hundred years. But again, they don't typically make it through the atmosphere like at Tunguska. Meteor Crater, Arizona, however, was a Tungusaka-sized meteor that actually hit the earth. But it happened, of course, 40,000 years ago. <br /><br />You also have to remember that the earth is really, really big relative to you and your particular geographic region. Even if a Tunguska-sized asteroid made it through the atmosphere and hit the earth <i>every single year</i>, it would probably take hundreds of years before one actually hit a highly-populated area - just going by the immense size of the earth and the fact that most of the earth is water and most of the earth's population is packed into a tiny percentage of the earth's total landmass. <br /><br />Now, something like the Mt. Everest-sized meteor that hit the Yucatan 65 million years ago...yeah, that would probably wipe us all out, more or less.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10535260741343975445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29179803.post-69924063048632759852010-01-09T23:03:54.665-05:002010-01-09T23:03:54.665-05:00Don't try to confuse me with your SCIENCE and ...Don't try to confuse me with your SCIENCE and so-called ASTRONOMY! I know signs of an alien invasion cover up when I see them!<br /><br />But seriously, now I have another thing to worry about! Sheesh!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com