Timeline for Why is there a difference in the speed of explosions caused by the Death Star?
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| Dec 23, 2016 at 15:01 | comment | added | zibadawa timmy | @CacheStaheli We can suppose that the Death Star had enough power output to totally disrupt (gravitationally unbind) the entire planet. Gravitational binding energy is equal to $3 G M^2/R$, with $G$ a constant, $M$ the mass, and $R$ the radius of the object. Supposing for simplicity that the density (ratio) $M/R$ is on average the same for the planet and the "city" (the stuff blown up on the planet's surface), the ratio of Planet power/city power is exactly equal to the ratio of their masses. We have to make further guesses about the destruction to get that ratio, but my guess is ~100. | |
| Dec 23, 2016 at 8:19 | comment | added | Matthew Read | @CacheStaheli Both of the lines in those quotes are said nearly word-for-word in the movie as well. | |
| Dec 23, 2016 at 1:40 | comment | added | Philip Klöcking | Presumably there is also a difference between what seems to be an atmospheric chain reaction (plasma) and the surface being scratched and blowing up the freaking core and therefore the planet from within. | |
| Dec 22, 2016 at 21:42 | comment | added | user40790 | @CacheStaheli "Fully Operational" | |
| Dec 22, 2016 at 21:09 | vote | accept | Cache Staheli | ||
| Dec 22, 2016 at 21:04 | history | edited | Adamant | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 22, 2016 at 21:04 | comment | added | Adamant | @CacheStaheli - From Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The novelization. | |
| Dec 22, 2016 at 21:03 | comment | added | Cache Staheli | So, comparatively, how strong was Death Star when it destroyed Alderaan? In addition, where did you get those quotes? | |
| Dec 22, 2016 at 21:01 | history | answered | Adamant | CC BY-SA 3.0 |