(C) BoingBoing
This story was originally published by BoingBoing and is unaltered.
 . . . . . . . . . .



Asteroid impact simulator [1]

['Rob Beschizza']

Date: 2022-12-07  

There are many asteroid impact simulators online, but Neal Agarwal's is the state of the art. Select your asteroid, then select your target, then enjoy the toll of death and destruction. Pictured above, a mile-wide rock obliterates Pittsburgh on its way to triggering global climate catastrophe and extinction.

An estimated 102,821 people would be vaporized in the crater The crater is 1,866 ft deep Your asteroid impacted the ground at 37,680 mph The impact is equivalent to 9 Gigatons of TNT More energy was released than a hurricane releases in a day An impact this size happens on average every 134,000 years

If that seems light, don't worry, a further 1.3m—the rest of Allegheny County—get roasted by the fireball.

[END]
---
[1] Url: https://boingboing.net/2022/12/07/asteroid-impact-simulator-2.html

Published and (C) by BoingBoing
Content appears here under this condition or license: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0.

via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds:
gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/boingboing/