Questions tagged [impact-probability]
Questions about the chances of collisions between two objects or groups of objects, based on factors such as velocity, mass and number density.
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If two stars collide, what is the probability that they merge to form a single star?
After looking at What are the odds that the Sun hits another star? and answering it (crudely), now I'd like to ask the following:
What is the probability that if two stars collide, their cores merge ...
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Detecting Deep Impact
There have been several accounts in media articles of asteroid near misses, many describe that the asteroid was not seen before the near miss.
After reading the question and answer to How can we tell ...
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is there any mathematical formula, paper or anything that shows the probability of a meteor hitting a particular spot of moon's surface?
According to this article http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/02/160209-meteorite-death-india-probability-odds/ a science professor at Tulane University made a paper to calculate the probability ...
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What is the probability of an astronomical body hitting you?
It appears that there is already a calculated ballpark for meteor fatalities, but what about other factors such as space trash, comets, and other miscellaneous items in space?
Is it possible to ...
