Re: Plague of Justinian 541CE

On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 00:33:28 +1100, bernardZ <BernardZ@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/linear_breakup_000810.html

Let me quote
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The equivalent of several Hiroshima atomic bombs (100-kilotons of
explosive energy) would be unleashed in a burst of light that would be
visible for over 1,000 miles (1,610 kilometers), but too far above the
ground to do any damage.
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Towards the end of WW2 we had three Hiroshima atomic bombs with no
climate change. During the cold war we had some bigger ones too.


The mass dispersed into the stratosphere by the volatilization of a
nuclear weapon is trivial in comparison to that deposited by a
cometary fragment - say - 150m in diameter.



Eric Stevens
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