Timeline for Reality check: infalling bombardment from rings around Earth, would the planet still be inhabitable?
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| Aug 17 at 3:44 | history | edited | The Square-Cube Law | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 17 at 3:39 | comment | added | The Square-Cube Law | @ash I mean upon hittong the ground (or bursting within the lower atmosphere), I will edit to clarify. | |
| Aug 17 at 3:38 | comment | added | The Square-Cube Law | @KerrAvon2055 the system could be stable for dozens of millions of years, I am not worried about how long it lasts. I will edit to clarify. | |
| Aug 17 at 3:34 | answer | added | Antares | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 17 at 3:25 | comment | added | KerrAvon2055 | If you're looking at a short-lived ring, does that mean that all/most of the Moon's mass is impacting the Earth over a period of less than a million years (hundreds of thousands of years pre-story plus a few thousand more of storytime)? Thinking of what-if.xkcd.com/162 | |
| Aug 17 at 1:18 | comment | added | Ash | Just to be clear you want 1-100kg chunks hitting atmosphere or you want chunks that are still that size when they eventually hit the ground? | |
| Aug 17 at 0:48 | comment | added | The Square-Cube Law | @GaultDrakkor no - the other question's only only answer mostly assumes an icy ring, with a sidenote for a rock dust alternative that is much thinner than what I assume here. I am starting by affirming that we have a case with a severe rain of heavy chunks that hit the ground. | |
| Aug 16 at 22:21 | comment | added | Gault Drakkor | Would not this related question effects of ring debris have suitable answers? | |
| Aug 16 at 20:49 | history | asked | The Square-Cube Law | CC BY-SA 4.0 |