They shatter. And everyone in the vicinity dies from shrapnel.
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udon@lemmy.world 1 day agoWhat happens if you shoot them against each other with the same momentum?
Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 day ago
udon@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Would you rather get hit by bowling ball shrapnel or marble shrapnel?
And009@lemmynsfw.com 1 day ago
How far am I from the collision?
I’ll take a Taco
udon@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Let me put this differently:
You’re standing at a lever that can influence the direction of the shrapnel. If you do nothing, 5 people will get hit with bowling ball shrapnel and 1 person with marble shrapnel. If you pull the lever, 5 people will get hit with marble shrapnel and 1 person with bowling ball shrapnel.
What do you do?
xavier666@lemm.ee 1 day ago
I’m not a Physicist but since they have the same momentum, the marble will have a higher velocity. Let us assume the bowling ball weighs 6000 gm and the marble weighs 20 gm (average weight), the velocity ratio of the marble to bowling ball is 300:1 (300 times faster).
If we assume that both of them are made of the same material, and you throw the bowling ball at 1 m/s, then the marble is launched at nearly Mach 1. I’m pretty sure it will create a neat hole in the bowling ball.
I could be very wrong as well.