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How come it is assumed that the asteroids in ESB are Iron asteroids?

Deep inside a typical asteroid field, typical asteroid compositions tend to be silicaceous and stony-iron rather than carbonaceous. Therefore, a reasonable estimate can be made of the energy requirement for vaporizing a typical asteroid by averaging silicon and iron.

That, and one of the novels stated their composition, IIRC.

Ted wrote:How come it is assumed that the asteroids in ESB are Iron asteroids?

1. Novel statements that the asteroids are primarily iron.

2. Observation, confirming that their behavior and texture are similar to those of iron asteroids.

3. DarkStar says they weren't. DarkStar can be assumed to be wrong.

Master of Ossus wrote: 3. DarkStar says they weren't. DarkStar can be assumed to be wrong.

But Darkstars stupidity gives us 300 MT low end!

That was a classic incident.

Ender wrote:

Master of Ossus wrote: 3. DarkStar says they weren't. DarkStar can be assumed to be wrong.

But Darkstars stupidity gives us 300 MT low end!

Don't count on an idiot to fetch you firepower... he'll most likely blow himself up first.

No surprise- it's the last post on the thread!

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Ted wrote:How come it is assumed that the asteroids in ESB are Iron asteroids?

Well Dengar, in Tales of the Bounty Hunters, specifically menions that the asteroids are nickel-iron rather than carbonaceous. Furthermore visually they have a ratehr high albedo (in other words they are pretty bright, nearly as bright as the hull of the ISD) which would place them amongst the S-type (silicates with iron) and M-type (nickel-iron). the only alternative high albedo asteroid type that has ever been presented to me was the E-type (primarily enstatite) and that was by DarkStar nonetheless I included it for sake of thuroughness.

Anyway the only two things I really want to look at revising from this point onwards would be 1) Scaling, most of my data is very old like '99 or 2000 old and its from the THX version on VHS rather than the CAV laserdiscs which would be far superior for scaling. 2) Thermal transfer rate, the energy needed in the bolts to cause that rapid of a dissasociation would be extreme since heat does not transmit instantaneously, in other words I need to go back to a lot of my Calc2 homework and try to model the transfer and integrate for a solution.