Hypothetical "What If" Impact Physics Calculator
2 tracked asteroids are currently listed on NASA's Sentry impact monitoring system. This laboratory models the hydrodynamic equations published by Collins, Melosh, and Marcus (2005) for science education, physics demonstrations, and classroom study.
Calculations are derived from the Collins-Melosh-Marcus (2005) environmental impact equations assuming a sedimentary rock target density of 2,500 kg/m³ and standard chondrite bolide density (3,000 kg/m³). Kinetic energy scale: 1 Megaton TNT = 4.184 × 10¹⁵ Joules.
For real planetary defense telemetry, consult the official NASA Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) and the JPL Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS).
High-transmission BaK-4 Porro prism 15x70 optics with tripod adapter for bright near-Earth flybys, comets, and bolide shower radiants.
Autonomous apochromatic triplet smart telescope with integrated plate-solving, live stacking, and dual-band filter for magnitude 10–16 NEOs.
Ultra-portable Sony IMX678 starlight tele-camera with AI equatorial tracking and automated asteroid field stacking.
Authentic coarse octahedrite Group IAB iron-nickel meteorite fragment (92.9% Fe, 6.7% Ni) recovered from the Chaco crater field.
Low-read-noise Sony STARVIS 2 CMOS planetary and all-sky meteor bolide detection camera with 2.0μm pixels.