Re: Sci-Fi movie "Impact"

In article <ifCdnUgxqsFrf4DVnZ2dnUVZ_tmhnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 "Mac Breck" <macthevorlon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Jack Bohn wrote:
> > Mac Breck wrote:
> >
> >> I guess it all boils down to how big of a piece of the star became a
> >> part of the moon.  After all, we're not talking about the whole star,
> >> here.  Also, what would possibly cause a piece of a red, white or
> >> brown dwarf star to become dislodged and travel here?  Pretty much
> >> anything from a kinetic impact with such a star is going to be
> >> sucked in by the star's gravity and become a part of it.
> >
> > I'm thinking anything that hits it is going to be coming in
> > faster than escape velocity, and could transfer greater than
> > escape velocity to smaller pieces at the impact site.  (This
> > would be the case whether the Moon, Mars, Earth, brown dwarf,
> > etc.)
> 
> A lot depends on the angle of the impact, velocity and the mass of the
> object colliding with the dwarf star.
> 
> Also, it seems that I misread things, because the original post says
> "about a dwarf star striking the moon", so it would appear to be the
> entire star, not just a piece.  In that case, we're toast.

From the original thread on this gem:

> The trade says that "Impact" focuses on the aftermath of meteor shower
> that leaves the piece of a dwarf star stuck in the moon. As a result,
> a bunch of weird stuff starts happening on Earth, including "cell
> phone service interruption, exaggerated tides and the occurrence of
> sporadic weightlessness." None of that actually sounds so bad, but we
> assume things get worse.

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