# Deep Impact

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Podcast: [Popcorn Science Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/popcorn-science-podcast-7320349)
Published: 2025-09-20T14:53:20+00:00
Episode link: https://www.popcornscience.ca/deep-impact/
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Cities fall, but they are rebuilt. And heroes die, but they are remembered. We honor them with every podcast we record. Our planet, our home. In this episode of "Popcorn Science," discuss the 1998 film Deep Impact. Topics Science Gripes (4:30) Nobody notices the comet Sublimation / thermal inertia Gravity on a comet Sun visor, facial boils Travel time Communication failure Impact effects (earthquake, airburst) Temperature increase due to many small impactors (>10 degrees) Science Shine (28:05) Comet naming Comet stats: Reasonable size, mass, density and rotation More likely scenario than Armageddon (comet from Ort cloud, off the plane of solar system) Visuals: Cometary Jets, dark colouration 2 years of darkness (maybe) Nuclear propulsion Of it's time (45:45) Ratings (56:29) References Deep Impact (1998) Carolyn Shoemaker Gene Shoemaker Meteor Crater DART Orion Deep Impact (NASA Mission)

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