Recent content by JCMacaw

As to what @Ibix was saying ... It's not the shape or direction of the impactor but the extremely high amount of kinetic energy being suddenly released. "At the moment an asteroid collides with a planet, there is an explosive release of the asteroid's huge kinetic energy. The energy is very...

The autokinetic effect maybe?

Does anybody know what the 1/10 meaning is in the current rating description for a fuse holder? 1/10-30A 600V For No. of Fuses For Fuse Current, A Voltage Wire Connection Type For DIN Rail Size, mm Features 1 1/10-30 600V DC/600V AC Screw Terminals 35 Covered Terminals...

A quick Google search I found - " The closest black hole we know of is V616 Monocerotis, also known as V616 Mon. It's located about 3,000 light years away, and has between 9-13 times the mass of the Sun. We know it's there because it's located in a binary system with a star with about half the...

Your picture should look like this: The Sun, Earth and star make a 90 degree triangle

I found this paper ( not sure if this is what you are looking for) on http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.2004.39.issue-11/issuetoc , you have to scroll down a bit until you find : A note on the snow line in protostellar accretion disks (pages 1859–1868) by M. PODOLAK and S. ZUCKER...

Same here o0) I prefer the 'Thanks' - with being able to leave a comment

Maybe he is referring to the geomagnetic storm that was caused by a solar coronal mass ejection and caused the aurora borealis on January 24?