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And that is still impossible to comprehend, so how about this, the Sun's energy output is about 10^10 megatons of tnt per second, so this impact would release 1 million second's worth of the Sun's output, or about 12 days. In other words, it would instantly vaporize the entire planet.



For the ultimate nerd snipe, how far would the light from that explosion be visible?


using what to "see"? naked eye? binocular aided? telescopes?

also, seen by who/what? for the only known living things that could see it, it would be the last thing they did see. so maybe as far away as a couple of inches?




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