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Re: Ewok Holocaust
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Thu, 25 Jan 2001 20:47:36 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Jeromy Irvine writes:
> "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.
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> 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.
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
required for escape, in which case it would fly off into space, but the article
asserts that the Death Star II did not have that energy). It is totally
inescapable that the debris will either fall to the planet's surface, or drift
in its atmosphere. In either case, given the quantity, it will have a serious
impact. The only option to "eliminate" the matter is to convert it to energy,
which would release an incredible amount of radiation, which would have even
worse detrimental effects. You can't beat the laws of physics.
Frank
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| The Earth gets hits by tons and tons of dust all the time yet it doesn't seem to bother her none :) Yep, that's right we are gaining weight all the time... of coarse the last correction of the gravitation constant knocked some 6,000,000,000,000 (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) the (...) matter, (...) several (...) it end up (...) Whether (...) the (...) a (...) high in the (...) atmosphere. True. Even if vaporized, the matter still has to go somewhere. My point (which I failed to clearly identify, apologies for (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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