Re: Sci-Fi movie "Impact"

Anim8rFSK wrote:
> 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.

So that's where I saw it.  How massive of a chunk could be transported
to the moon via a meteor?  Not very.  Effect: negligible.


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Mac Breck (KoshN)
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