Youtube recommended this site based on my watch history.
https://www.youtube.com/c/GeologyHub/videos. I was looking at the impact crater videos, and the narrator just sounded so damn smug to me that I had to post some questions and some rather sarcastic comments, trying to draw some response. Very little so far, and my query as to the actual speed of these impactors with Earths surface has not drawn any actual numbers.
The standard model it seems begins with estimates of how many tons of TNT energy would be required to produce the crater, then work backwards and come up with some numbers for the mass and speed necessary to produce the TNT equivalent.
I couldn't actually say myself what the contact speed would be, and I have not even tried to come up with an answer, but my gut feeling based on many accumulated years of science, physics, mechanics etc instantly tells me it is not possible for anything to reach Earths surface in one piece at the high speeds the mainstream tells us they must strike with.
"Hitting anything at 40000 MPH, even air, is like hitting concrete."
From a FAQ on the Chelyabinsk meteorite.
So, at my point in life with not too many years remaining based on accumulating ailments, I have decided that I am going to start putting some or maybe most of my hard earned assets towards attempting to find answers to this and many other questions that I have accumulated over the years. We have much information now from various space based missions to tell us about the composition of possible impactors, the size, composition and density of Earths atmosphere, and of the electrical/plasma conditions surrounding the Earth.
Surely with all the info we have it should be possible to at least begin to numerically and scientifically simulate the conditions and reach a reasonable estimate of the impact speed of a given mass given the composition, approach speed and angle. I have too many other things requiring my attention just now and so am looking to find someone who thinks they could tackle such a project, and if there is anyone within the EU or TB community that would be my preference, keep the money within the community wherever possible.
I also have a number of other projects lined up that will be looking for those with the appropriate skills and abilities needed to design, administer and maintain a web site and phpBB forum. I have been in discussion with some talented local associates regarding the production of videos and possibly original music for some Youtube vids, so things are moving forward, but it may be the winter season here before I can devote some serious organisational time to the projects.
If any members of this forum, the admins, the owners, or their friends or associates are interested in such projects then please feel free to contact me on the BBS or by E-mail at
garyinsooke2@gmail.com and we can discuss practicalities, costs and timelines.
Youtube recommended this site based on my watch history. [url]https://www.youtube.com/c/GeologyHub/videos.[/url] I was looking at the impact crater videos, and the narrator just sounded so damn smug to me that I had to post some questions and some rather sarcastic comments, trying to draw some response. Very little so far, and my query as to the actual speed of these impactors with Earths surface has not drawn any actual numbers.
The standard model it seems begins with estimates of how many tons of TNT energy would be required to produce the crater, then work backwards and come up with some numbers for the mass and speed necessary to produce the TNT equivalent.
I couldn't actually say myself what the contact speed would be, and I have not even tried to come up with an answer, but my gut feeling based on many accumulated years of science, physics, mechanics etc instantly tells me it is not possible for anything to reach Earths surface in one piece at the high speeds the mainstream tells us they must strike with.
"Hitting anything at 40000 MPH, even air, is like hitting concrete."
From a FAQ on the Chelyabinsk meteorite.
So, at my point in life with not too many years remaining based on accumulating ailments, I have decided that I am going to start putting some or maybe most of my hard earned assets towards attempting to find answers to this and many other questions that I have accumulated over the years. We have much information now from various space based missions to tell us about the composition of possible impactors, the size, composition and density of Earths atmosphere, and of the electrical/plasma conditions surrounding the Earth.
Surely with all the info we have it should be possible to at least begin to numerically and scientifically simulate the conditions and reach a reasonable estimate of the impact speed of a given mass given the composition, approach speed and angle. I have too many other things requiring my attention just now and so am looking to find someone who thinks they could tackle such a project, and if there is anyone within the EU or TB community that would be my preference, keep the money within the community wherever possible.
I also have a number of other projects lined up that will be looking for those with the appropriate skills and abilities needed to design, administer and maintain a web site and phpBB forum. I have been in discussion with some talented local associates regarding the production of videos and possibly original music for some Youtube vids, so things are moving forward, but it may be the winter season here before I can devote some serious organisational time to the projects.
If any members of this forum, the admins, the owners, or their friends or associates are interested in such projects then please feel free to contact me on the BBS or by E-mail at garyinsooke2@gmail.com and we can discuss practicalities, costs and timelines.