App Simulates the Catastrophic, Impact of an Asteroid , Strike On Earth.<br />'Newsweek' reports that a web game developer <br />has released an app that lets users simulate <br />an asteroid strike on any given location on Earth.<br />The Asteroid Launcher site was created by <br />Neal Agarwal, who said he drew inspiration <br />from Hollywood science fiction films. .<br />I wanted to make an online simulator <br />that could let anyone dream up their <br />own asteroid impact scenarios, Neal Agarwal, Web game developer, via 'Newsweek'.<br />This is for anyone who wants <br />to learn more about asteroid impacts <br />and dream up their own scenarios, Neal Agarwal, Web game developer, via 'Newsweek'.<br />There are also lots of people <br />who just enjoy launching big rocks <br />at Earth, and that's cool too, Neal Agarwal, Web game developer, via 'Newsweek'.<br />'Newsweek' reports that the simulation is based on the work <br />of Gareth Collins, a professor of planetary science at Imperial <br />College London, and Clemens Rumpf, a NASA engineer.<br />The model should give <br />a good approximation of <br />what would really happen, Neal Agarwal, Web game developer, via 'Newsweek'.<br />Users can select not only the location to be <br />impacted, but also the material of the asteroid, <br />its diameter and even its angle of impact. .<br />The results include information <br />about the resulting crater, fireball, <br />shock wave, winds and earthquakes.<br />'Newsweek' reports that scientists have discovered <br />over 30,000 near-Earth objects (NEOs) with orbits <br />that come astronomically close to Earth's orbit to date.
