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Energy is (1/2)(mass)(speed)^2. That ^2 term is important.
👤ridgeguy🕑2y🔼0🗨️0
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I believe that all other factors kept the same, angle does matter b/c of the amount and time you spend going through the atmosphere.
e.g. a shallower angle means you pass through more atmosphere which leads to more heating time which in turn means to "icier" asteroids burning off more of the ice.
I can also imagine a scenario where the asteroid passes so close that it passes through the atmosphere but doesn't actually hit the earth.
👤alexpotato🕑2y🔼0🗨️0
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I think the hypothesis is Uranus is tilted 90 degrees because of a collision. Crazy to think of a similar thing happening to the earth.
👤irrational🕑2y🔼0🗨️0
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> energy is speed times mass, and mass is cubic in the size, while speed is linear.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_energy#Kinetic_energy_...
👤Jyaif🕑2y🔼0🗨️0
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Angle is complicated, I mean unless it is very shallow all will still go into earth? I wonder if and at which angle it could impact earth's rotation, but for that then direction is also relevant (:
*: Ah, interesting, the neal.fun/asteroid-launcher also gives same energy for different angles except very shallow ones.