Meteor the size of Texas

[Folc]

Would a meteor with the size of Texas wipe out earth?

[Mindark]

Would a meteor with the size of Texas wipe out earth?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120591/

[Clockwork Pinkie]

Short answer, yes.

Shorty-lon, yes, the speed it's coming would put a pretty massive dent in the Earth. Let's just say, it'll look exactly like the Death Star.

[Fojos]

http://science.howstuffworks.com/nat...hits-earth.htm

Pretty much.

[Badpaladin]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120591/

Oh, god. that movie is quite possibly the single most hated thing in all of Hollywood by physicists. I think they even hate it more than 2012.

[Deleted]

it would wipe out any life on earth, but I doubt it will destroy the place

[Fojos]

it would wipe out any life on earth, but I doubt it will destroy the place

I wouldn't be so sure about that. A meteor doesn't need to be big to cause large impact.

[Mindark]

Oh, god. that movie is quite possibly the single most hated thing in all of Hollywood by physicists. I think they even hate it more than 2012.

It's the first thing that popped in my head

[Deleted]

I wouldn't be so sure about that. A meteor doesn't need to be big to cause large impact.

well I meant totally destroying earth, not the place it hits.

[Folc]

By wiping out earth I mean destroying every living organism on the planet.

[Clockwork Pinkie]

well I meant totally destroying earth, not the place it hits.

Well, it wont get destroyed, could break in half or something and create a second moon. It just, wont be able to have life on it like there is now because the surface will be on fire, literally. In a few hundred even thousand years, life will start over again. *Cue "It's the Circle of Life"

[Folc]

. *Cue "It's the Circle of Life"

You are awesome.

[Samalas]

Just googling/checking Wikipedia, the asteroid that scientists think wiped out the dinosaurs was only 6 miles wide.

Absolutely no doubt that a meteor the size of Texas would kill everything on earth.

[Takanasi]

The speed at which it hits plays a huge role. A meteor hitting earth at 10,000 mph vs a meteor hitting at 900,000,000 mph leave quite a different looking earths.

But I have to say it wouldn't. It would cause a global black out because of dust flying out and blocking the sun and so forth, but people would survive. A LOT of people would die, but many would survive.

[Samalas]

No it wouldn't. It would cause a global black out because of dust flying out and blocking the sun and so forth, but people would survive. A LOT of people would die, but many would survive.

Best be trollin

[grifty]

http://science.howstuffworks.com/nat...hits-earth.htm

Pretty much.

I like the very end of the article:

"Let's hope that doesn't happen anytime soon!"

They could not have just stopped at "happen"?

[Folc]

Just googling/checking Wikipedia, the asteroid that scientists think wiped out the dinosaurs was only 6 miles wide.

Absolutely no doubt that a meteor the size of Texas would kill everything on earth.

Comparing humans to dinosaurs is just not the best way to prove your point.

[Ainell]

"If the asteroid is a mile in diameter, it's likely to wipe out life on the planet."

So yeah, if it's the size of TEXAS...

[Clockwork Pinkie]

Just googling/checking Wikipedia, the asteroid that scientists think wiped out the dinosaurs was only 6 miles wide.

Absolutely no doubt that a meteor the size of Texas would kill everything on earth.

Pretty much,


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[Deleted]

I'm sure humanity will wipe itself first