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Old 2009-01-05, 09:29   Link #710
miles316
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Smile water less explosion

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Originally Posted by Zenemis View Post
Well, it wouldn't be the first time rocks have exploded, but seeing as it's a space asteroid and presumably wouldn't contain much moisture, I can't think of a sensible explanation for the explosion.
When you heat up mater even rocks it expands heat it up rapidly and it explodes. You don't need water to have an explosion. The asteroid erupted like a volcano with the material in the center being rapidly heated up rapidly forcing the out side away.
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