Saturday, July 21, 2007

If a meteorite 1/4 mile across struck in the Atlantic Ocean..?

Our oceans make up a major portion of our Earth's surface. A meteorite could fall in the ocean instead of on (E.O.A.S.1) What is the relative fraction ratio earth continents to oceans ?
(E.O.A.S.2) How do tidal waves occur in other ways?
(E.O.A.S.3) Review and compare such a scenario to recent tidal waves?
Question of the Day for Saturday, July 21, 2007
http://www.almanac.com/question/oneanswer.php?questionnumber=12469
By The Old Farmer's Almanac
If a
meteorite 1/4 mile across struck in the Atlantic Ocean, how high would the tidal wave it produced be? (answer). From The Old Farmer's Almanac.
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