Popcorn Science Podcast

Deep Impact

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In this episode of "Popcorn Science," discuss the 1998 film Deep Impact.

Topics
  • Science Gripes (4:30)
    • Nobody notices the comet
    • Sublimation / thermal inertia
    • Gravity on a comet
    • Sun visor, facial boils
    • Travel time
    • Communication failure
    • Impact effects (earthquake, airburst)
    • Temperature increase due to many small impactors (>10 degrees)
    • Science Shine (28:05)
      • Comet naming
      • Comet stats: Reasonable size, mass, density and rotation
      • More likely scenario than Armageddon (comet from Ort cloud, off the plane of solar system)
      • Visuals: Cometary Jets, dark colouration
      • 2 years of darkness (maybe)
      • Nuclear propulsion
      • Of it's time (45:45)
      • Ratings (56:29)
        • References
        • Deep Impact (1998)
        • Carolyn Shoemaker
        • Gene Shoemaker
        • Meteor Crater
        • DART
        • Orion
        • Deep Impact (NASA Mission)
          • ...more
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