Asteroid Size to Impact Energy Converter
Calculate the kinetic energy of an asteroid impact based on size and velocity
Asteroid Parameters
meters
km/s
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Car (5m)
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House (15m)
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City Block (100m)
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Mountain (1km)
Impact Energy Results
Kinetic Energy
3.4 megatons
TNT Equivalent
3,400 kilotons
Mass
1.57 million tons
Impact Frequency
~1,000 years
Energy Equivalent To:
~226x the Hiroshima nuclear bomb (15 kilotons)
~1.3x the annual output of a large power plant (500MW)
~0.003x the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption (24 megatons)