Michael Lorrey wrote:
> Even if its relavit velocity is less than a few hundred miles per hour, if it were
> on an intercept course, the earth's gravity as it approached would accelerate it
> to the point that it would be traveling at around 25,000 mph when it hit.
The question, rather, is how much its velocity (or rather its orbital
kinetic energy) can *add* to that.
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