Can the Langton save the world from Deep Impact?

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Can the Langton save the world from Deep Impact? Near Earth Objects Can the Langton save the world from Deep Impact?

Deep Impact

You may not have seen that film about an asteroid impacting on Earth The physics was modelled on a real impact of the comet Shoemaker Levy 9 on Jupiter in 1994

Recognised Impact Structures on Earth

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-29106843 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21476132

No alarm required because large asteroids are monitored by the US military We do have a part to play at the Langton Star Centre Your task is on the next slide should you wish to take up the challenge The message will self destruct in 10 seconds if not viewed

NEO challenge Your task is to estimate the effect of impacts of various sizes by experiment Research background information on NEOs What effects have they had in the past? Why do we not see many impact craters on Earth? Do we have some protection from another planet in the Solar System? What can be done to divert the path of a NEO from collision with Earth?

Present your findings as a short presentation to be given in the final lesson

Two fantastic websites NASA http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/neo.html Earth Impact database http://www.unb.ca/passc/ImpactDatabase/index.html

The Jupiter debate – does it protect the Earth or not? Background references http://www.bnsc.gov.uk/4622.aspx http://space.newscientist.com/channel/solar-system/comets-asteroids/dn12532 http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ess05_vid_jupitersrole/

Further websites Spaceguard Centre UK http://spaceguarduk.com/ European Space Agency http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/NEO/SEMJ0ZNVGJE_0.html

Astronomy image of the day November 3rd 2008 http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap081103.html Did an asteroid impact wipe out the Dinosaurs? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%E2%80%93T_boundary

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