Timeline for What could cause Earth to slowly fall out of orbit?
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| Jan 12, 2015 at 22:42 | comment | added | Jon Story | That depends how big it is, how much dust it throws up etc. a massive one would be instant, but it can be small enough that the shockwaves doesn't kill everyone, but still throw enough dust into the atmosphere to block the sun. So it would take a while for the plants to die from lack of sunlight, followed by the animals...then we've got a period of killing each other for the last of the tinned food before we die too. | |
| Jan 12, 2015 at 22:02 | comment | added | Monica Cellio | How long do mass-extinction events take to cause the mass extinctions? If a giant asteroid slams into earth today, will anybody still be here next month? | |
| Jan 12, 2015 at 15:54 | comment | added | Jon Story | It provides an answer to the spirit of the problem provided, if not the precise wording of the question..... | |
| Jan 12, 2015 at 14:06 | review | Low quality posts | |||
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| Jan 12, 2015 at 14:01 | comment | added | Tim B | The problem with an impact is that after a few years things start to return to normal. | |
| Jan 12, 2015 at 13:51 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jan 12, 2015 at 13:48 | history | answered | Jon Story | CC BY-SA 3.0 |