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What would happen if a 1 kilometer wide asteroid hit the Earth?
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∙ 14y ago
Depending on where it hits, it might be anywhere from very damaging to catastrophic. If it were to strike in a sparsely inhabited area like Siberia or the Australian "Outback", it would likely cause very serious damage to everything within about a 300 KM radius, dig a substantial crater, and scatter ejecta over a radius of 400 km or more.
If it were to strike a populous area like India, Europe or the Americas, the death toll could be in the hundred-million plus range. A water impact might cause a tsunami capable of inundating all the surrounding Coastlines.
An asteroid impact in the Indian ocean about 4000 years ago may have caused a tsunami throughout the Indian Ocean basin, giving rise to the near-universal legends about a great flood; Noah and the Ark, and the Sumerian Gilgamesh epics, for example. And there are apparently Australian Aboriginal "Dreamtime" legends recounting a flood.
See the link below for the Impact Effects Calculator to figure out what might happen if an asteroid were to strike the Earth.
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What would happen if a human traveled to an asteroid?
Then a human would arrive at an asteroid.
What would happen if an asteroid on a collision course with Earth would get blown up in outer space?
It is FAR easier to change the direction of an asteroid than to blow it up. All that is needed to accomplish the former is to nudge the asteroid a little off its collision course with Earth, and this could be done with some small explosions on the side of that asteroid. Blowing up an asteroid would be a complete waste of energy.
The earth been destroyed by a asteroid?
No, if the Earth was destroyed by an asteroid we would not be living today.
What would happen to the moon if there was no earth?
If there was no Earth, the Moon would never have been created.Or it would just be an asteroid-type thingy that orbits the sun. or orbits empty space while orbiting the sun.
What would happen if you touched a asteroid?
well the first thing of all is that the posibilities of touchind an asteroid is only 1% because if an asteroid came to earth we can die but that depends of the size of the asteroid so if you touched an asteroid you could get burn because since that comes from the astosphere and is really hot so yes you could get burned
What would happen if an asteroid with diameter of 1-3 kilometer range smashed into earth?
That would be the end of life on earth for all the animals above the size of a cockroach and most of the plants especially if it hit an ocean.
How does the theory of asteroid impact relate to the extinction of Dinosaurs?
I does not. The asteroid would of had to knock out the entire earth for that to happen. If you think of the facts it is just not possible.
What would happen if a 1-kilometer object struck Earth?
It would cause devistation and climate change.
What would happen if a car flew to the moon?
It will destroy the car because of the asteroid belt around the earth.
What would happen if a human traveled to an asteroid?
Then a human would arrive at an asteroid.
What would happen if Earth was an irregular potato shape like an asteroid?
It couldn't as it's mass causes it to be spherical. To be like an asteroid, it would have to be the size of an asteroid, and then life would never have started. You would never have been born, and this question would never have existed.
What would happen if an asteroid on a collision course with Earth would get blown up in outer space?
It is FAR easier to change the direction of an asteroid than to blow it up. All that is needed to accomplish the former is to nudge the asteroid a little off its collision course with Earth, and this could be done with some small explosions on the side of that asteroid. Blowing up an asteroid would be a complete waste of energy.
The earth been destroyed by a asteroid?
No, if the Earth was destroyed by an asteroid we would not be living today.
What would happen if an asteroid hit Asheville NC?
It would depend on the size of the asteroid.
What could happen if an asteroid hit the earth?
if its bigger than isle of man it would do a very big impact and damage
If an asteroid impact were to stop the Earth from rotating how big would that asteroid need to be?
size doesn't matter its the angle and speed of the asteroid that it is at, plus if that did happen the earth would either drift off into space and eventually get back into a orbit because of the suns gravity or explodes and everything would just flip, roll over, fall how ever you wanna put it. plus its nearly impossible for a asteroid to do that it would probably do what i said in the second sentence.
What would happen to the moon if there was no earth?
If there was no Earth, the Moon would never have been created.Or it would just be an asteroid-type thingy that orbits the sun. or orbits empty space while orbiting the sun.
