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Slavakion · 05-10-2004, 12:37 PM

About the whole orbit thing:

While the meteor(s) probably won't send us into total chaos (completely out of orbit), they will affect us if they're as big as I think they're supposed to be (the first is 1 km in diameter, the second, 2). Any mass produces a gravitational force, and the bigger the mass, the bigger the force. As a minimal, we'd probably get a few degrees of temperature change. At most...? The formula is something like (mass1 * mass2)/(distance^2)

And as far as natural resources, I agree that we'd move beyond oil (we'd have to). But what about when population rises up, and we can't produce enough food? We'd need to find some way to artificially make food in a cost-effective way.

05-10-2004, 12:37 PM	#7 (permalink)
Slavakion Mjollnir Incarnate Location: Lost in thought	About the whole orbit thing: While the meteor(s) probably won't send us into total chaos (completely out of orbit), they will affect us if they're as big as I think they're supposed to be (the first is 1 km in diameter, the second, 2). Any mass produces a gravitational force, and the bigger the mass, the bigger the force. As a minimal, we'd probably get a few degrees of temperature change. At most...? The formula is something like (mass1 * mass2)/(distance^2) And as far as natural resources, I agree that we'd move beyond oil (we'd have to). But what about when population rises up, and we can't produce enough food? We'd need to find some way to artificially make food in a cost-effective way. Last edited by Slavakion; 05-10-2004 at 12:40 PM..