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Deep Impact: citizen scientists, extinction events, and avoidance

Published: Sept. 6, 2016, 7:45 a.m.

\n\n Citizen Astronomy \n\n

People. Computers. Computer vision. KIC 8462852.

\n\n E.L.E. \n\n

Extinction level events. Dinosaur impact. Impactor scales.

\n\n Impactor Types \n\n

Meteors, meteorites, meteors, comets, asteroids.

\n\n Avoiding Impacts \n\n

Gentle (nuclear bombs), and less gentle (gravity tug) methods of redirecting impactors.

\n\n Earth Impacts \n\n

Tunguska, dinosaur impact. The difference between a small number of large impacts and a large number of small ones.

\n\n Humanity\u2019s Fate \n\n

Floods, atmospheric disruption, a world aflame from the heat of a million impactors.

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  1. \n\t\t\t\tThe Formation of the Moon: YouTube\n\t\t\t
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  2. \n\t\t\t\tAsteroids in Resonance with Jupiter: YouTube\n\t\t\t
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  3. \n\t\t\t\tDeath from the Skies by Phil Plait: iTunesAmazon\n\t\t\t
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  4. \n\t\t\t\tSolar System Collision Calculator: Astronomy Workshop\n\t\t\t
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