Comment on What would happen to the Earth if it got booped by a giant asteroid going super slowly?
Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 weeks agoThis is all assuming the asteroid is set down, so it then is under gravitational forces from the planet right?
What if the aliens just suspended it above NYC? I ask, because this is essentially sometbing that happens in the Elder Scrolls lore and I always wondered how having a rogue planet suspended only a few yards from the earth would actually affect things.
crapwittyname@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
spittingimage@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Well, most asteroids are agglomerations - loose rock and dust held together by gravity. Unless the aliens are supporting every part of it, on the inside as well, it’s going to rain gravel on New York. If it’s solid enough and low enough, maybe it would be worth mining?
Gravity would be slightly weaker under it, because of its own gravity, but I think the difference would be small enough that you’d need measuring equipment to see it. No moon hopping.
Weather would be different. I think there’d be more rain on the windward side, because some water-laden air would have to drop its load in order to rise over it. You’d get wind vortices on the other side of it.
DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Tractor beam would trap the dust as well