Could someone please give me a plausible impact energy of a very small (maybe .1 or .2 meters diameter) meteoroid hitting the earth. This does not need to be exact at all. I just would like an extremely rough estimate of a possible energy of impact. For example, larger meteoroids (i.e, 7-8...
The 4Kg is the mass that is left over, but the velocity of impact is different than the velocity of atmospheric entry due to air resistance. Is there any way I could calculate a very rough estimate of the final velocity (impact velocity) of the mass after being slowed from air resistance?
Alright, but how would I account for air resistance? Would that reduce the energy of impact by a huge amount? I know that if there wasn't wind resistance, the energy of impact would be extremely high, but what would the energy of impact be with air resistance?
If a meteor entered the Earth's atmosphere at 11 or so km/sec and impacted the Earth with a direct hit (by impact time it is 4 kg), what would the force of impact be? I only need a rough answer.