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| Ladios:
--- Quote from: Inv3rted on July 21, 2009, 12:12:56 PM ---The impact mark is Earth-sized, not the asteroid / comet. --- End quote --- |
| Kalphiter:
1400 Earths fit into Jupiter Diameter of Earth = 12756.2km Diameter of Jupiter = 142984km Basically the diameter of this impact hole is 12756.2km So, if the impact is 8.921417781010462709114306495 8317% of Jupiter's diameter, we need to get that percent of Earth's diameter. The asteroid would be 1138.060659234599675488166508 1407km scaled on Earth. There are 1.6093 kilometeres in a mile, so we divide by 1.6093. 707.17744313341184085513360351706 miles |
| Inv3rted:
Again, that's the impact mark, not the size of whatever made the impact. Your calculation is therefore wrong. |
| Skele:
--- Quote from: Void on July 21, 2009, 12:06:22 PM ---http://www.astro.keele.ac.uk/~rdj/planets/images/Planet%20comparisons/699px-Jupiter-Earth-Spot_comparison.jpg If that object hit earth, it would definitely screw up our orbit with the sun. --- End quote --- If it were to hit Earth it wouldn't just screw up our orbit. It would completely destroy our planet. |
| Kalphiter:
--- Quote from: Inv3rted on July 21, 2009, 12:23:52 PM ---Again, that's the impact mark, not the size of whatever made the impact. Your calculation is therefore wrong. --- End quote --- --- Quote from: Kalphiter on July 21, 2009, 12:21:10 PM ---Basically the diameter of this impact hole is 12756.2km --- End quote --- |
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