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If The Death Star Were Real, Could it Destroy Earth?

THESE AREN'T THE PLANETS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR... AMOUNT OF ENERGY FOR THE DEATH STAR TO DESTROY PLANETS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM URANUS: 1.20 x 1034 J MERCURY: 1.79 x 1030 J JUPITER: 2.00 x 1036 J FARTH: NEPTUNE: 2.25 x 1032 J 1.72 x 1034 J MARS: VENUS! 5.02 x 1030 J SATURN: 1.58 x 1032 J (without gas) 2.25 х 1035 (without rings) THE EQUATION: SIZE COMPARISON: By Diameter Gravitational G: GMP U=- 5RP 2 Constant Mp: Planet Mass Rp: Planet Radius 12,742 km 3,476 km est. 160 km Resources: https://physics.le.ac.uk/journals/index.php/pst/article/view/328/195 http://io9.com/5876473/how-much-energy-would-the-death-star-require-to-destroy-earth http://boingboing.net/2012/02/08/could-the-death-star-destroy-a.html http://www.technplogy.org/2013/05/27/hunting-for-alien-megastructures/deathstar-sizes/ WPROM OTE ONLINE MARKETING

If The Death Star Were Real, Could it Destroy Earth?

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Of course it could! They don't call it the "Death Star" for nothing, it pretty much only does two things: 1) It destroys planets and 2 ) It leaves lying about the universe the secret plans ... carefully detailing its one vulnerability so it gets destroyed by tiny men in tiny spaceships. (apparently "keeping track of important plans" is the Death Star's one weakness) But in the destroying planets department, the Death Star is no slouch. This infographic courtesy of Wpromote shows how much energy it would take to destroy each planet... with the clever use of "Math"

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