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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2007-02-13 11:53 am

If only the Dark Star had been available

The Menace of Planet V.

I wonder what happens when you drop a planet half the size of Mars into a solar-type star? I get a suprisingly high Ek for the impact (~5x10^34 J or about 4 years of solar output).