[familyop]

Interesting but not as interesting as put forth by the tabloid.

Solar System Collisions
Solar System Collisions written by Dr. Douglas P. Hamilton

Send an asteroid or comet hurtling toward your favorite planet!
http://janus.astro.umd.edu/astro/impact/

Target: Earth Projectile Composition: Rock Projectile Diameter: 1.01 Projectile Velocity: 17 (Kilometers per second) (Results are Approximate!) Impact into the Atlantic Ocean between South America and Africa!!

Massive Tidal Waves!!

Energy Released: 44331 MT (MegaTons of TNT)
(All of the world's Nuclear Weapons: 10000 MT)

Temporary Crater Diameter: 11.3 km
Temporary Crater Depth: 3.4 km

[Red Steel]

DC is about 177 sq kilometers...increasing asteroid size.

"Energy Released: 186 million MT (MegaTons of TNT)
(The Dinosaur Killer: 100 million MT)

QUAKE!! Magnitude 11.1 (largest recorded Earthquake: 9.5)
Crater Diameter: 178.0 km
Crater Depth: 1.4 km "

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Now there's a good fit. A Goldilocks rock. ;^)