If an asteroid were to strike New York City, have you ever wondered how many people would be instantly vaporized? Then this morbid, interactive map is for you.
have you ever wondered how many people would be instantly vaporized? Then this morbid, interactive map is for you.
The admittedly addictive simulator, first shared by Metro, allows you to pick an area for an asteroid to strike, then see the mass devastation it would cause. It gives you info you never thought you needed, like how deep the crater would be, how many people would die from the fireball, and how far you can be from the asteroid and still have your clothes catch on fire.
For example, if you select New York City for impact, here’s some of what the asteroid simulator says would happen based on research by Gareth Collins and Clemens Rumpf, both of whom study the impacts of asteroids:-It would release more energy than the world consumes in one year.-A 242-decibel shock wave would kill more than 5.1 million people. -More than 3 million people would suffer 2nd and 3rd degree burns.
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