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In this episode of "Popcorn Science," discuss the 1998 film Deep Impact.
Topics

Science Gripes (4:30)

Nobody notices the comet

Sublimation / thermal inertia

Gravity on a comet

Sun visor, facial boils

Travel time

Communication failure

Impact effects (earthquake, airburst)

Temperature increase due to many small impactors (>10 degrees)



Science Shine (28:05)

Comet naming

Comet stats: Reasonable size, mass, density and rotation

More likely scenario than Armageddon (comet from Ort cloud, off the plane of solar system)

Visuals: Cometary Jets, dark colouration

2 years of darkness (maybe)

Nuclear propulsion



Of it's time (45:45)

Ratings (56:29)


References

Deep Impact (1998)

Carolyn Shoemaker

Gene Shoemaker

Meteor Crater

DART

Orion

Deep Impact (NASA Mission)

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