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Old 10-July-2008, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by jlhredshift View Post
Is something of that magnitude even possible by an impactor without destroying the planet?
It would be devastating to the surface of the planet, but not to the planet as a whole. See if you can find how much energy was released 65 million years ago at Chicxulub.
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