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Re: Ewok Holocaust
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Thu, 25 Jan 2001 17:54:29 GMT
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"Lorbaat" wrote:
> ??? Actually, carefully reading the article shows that he addresses • the
> point of debris vs. vapor- first, vaporisation doesn't get rid of the • matter,
> it merely transmutes it into another state. You can't vaporise • several
> thousand cubic miles (a conservative estimate) of metal and not have • it end up
> somewhere- and the nearest constant gravity source is the Ewoks' moon. • Whether
> in the form of a dust of metal particles or huge chunks slamming into • the
> ground, the environmental impact would be severe, at least. Secondly, • a
> semi-official source (the ROTJ radio drama, which IIRC ranks pretty • high in the
> canon order) makes specific reference to debris entering the
atmosphere.
True. Even if vaporized, the matter still has to go somewhere. My point
(which I failed to clearly identify, apologies for being unclear) was
that matter in a vaporized (gaseous) form would be more likely to be
neutralized by the atmosphere of a large body. Assuming it was
vaporized, only the matter flying directly toward the moon would
significantly penetrate the atmosphere at first. The remainder of the
gas, even if it fell back towards the moon after it finished expanding,
could be sufficiently deflected and/or neutralized by the atmosphere
since it would be moving at a much slower speed than the initial
explosion.
I do agree that the explosion would affect the moon's conditions, but I
do not think that it necessarily has to render it uninhabitable. I would
liken it to the effects of pollution that just came all at once instead
of building up over time as it normally would.
Again, I apologize for being unclear as to my point in the first post.
--
Jeromy Irvine
mail: irvinej@accuvera.com
site: http://www.accuvera.com/lego/
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| (...) The point is that the matter is matter. It doesn't just disappear, it has to go somewhere. If it is part of an object which is in an artificial orbit around the planet, it will fall to the planet (unless it actually has more energy than (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) This is of course a problem. But it's something that can be ignored for humour's sake. (...) ??? Actually, carefully reading the article shows that he addresses the point of debris vs. vapor- first, vaporisation doesn't get rid of the matter, (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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