Short term impact risk for Comet Schwassmann Wachmann 3

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E.P. — 5/6/2009 8:30:42 PM (archived)

May be placed at about 1 for the year 2022, given Rio Curaca (1930) and Rupunini (1935): a 5 kt blast

But then the Earth's a big planet.

I don't think its going to dissolve into dust, as many predict, but even if it does the dust load may be enough to have an effect
on Earth's climate. No one has done the calculations yet

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Why nuking an incoming NEO may not work - Socrates II - 5/6/2009 5:08:44 PM
- Why does a large crater mean that nuking a NEO may not work? (n/t) - alcaray - 5/6/2009 10:13:15 PM
  - Exactly my reaction as well - phil - 5/7/2009 1:17:00 AM
    - What about fragmenting? - Socrates II - 5/7/2009 2:58:35 AM
      - yabbut - alcaray - 5/7/2009 5:37:18 AM
        
        So has the asteroid deflection via nuke actually been studied? - Socrates II - 5/7/2009 11:35:36 AM
        
        Oh yes - Project Icarus - Socrates II - 5/7/2009 1:52:12 PM
- Promoting the myth of futility - E.P. - 5/6/2009 8:26:33 PM
- Long-term impact risk for (101955) 1999 RQ36 - Socrates II - 5/6/2009 5:15:31 PM
  - Short term impact risk for Comet Schwassmann Wachmann 3 - E.P. - 5/6/2009 8:30:42 PM

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