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Calculate the energy of a meteoric impact?

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Energy = Mass * Velocity squared. It all depends on the mass and the velocity.

The MINIMUM velocity of a meteoric impact is about 7 miles per second, the speed at which an item would fall from free space. Things coming in from the outer solar system could be going several times faster, and a particle falling from deep space could be going upwards of 50 miles per second.

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