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I got bored and made a calculator

I will need to check things in detail later. I will say, if we claim "This tool follows the same calculation standards adopted by the wiki" then it shouldn't have a tab for calculating velocity from KE, as our rules don't allow for that.

Does the relativistic KE calculator include our 4x limit rule?

One could consider using the better PE formula, but it's in principle fine.

How does the PREM model work for non-Earth parameters?
 
Thank you for helping out. 🙏❤️
 
I will say, if we claim "This tool follows the same calculation standards adopted by the wiki" then it shouldn't have a tab for calculating velocity from KE, as our rules don't allow for that.
Correct, it's removed now.
Does the relativistic KE calculator include our 4x limit rule?
Yes.
One could consider using the better PE formula, but it's in principle fine.
Added.
How does the PREM model work for non-Earth parameters?
Why should the Preliminary Reference Earth Model work for anything other than Earth? It was added because using the regular GBE formula gives a Low 5-B value rather than our 5-B baseline. And I had people questioning the accuracy of the tool before because of this.
 
Nice, thanks!
Why should the Preliminary Reference Earth Model work for anything other than Earth? It was added because using the regular GBE formula gives a Low 5-B value rather than our 5-B baseline. And I had people questioning the accuracy of the tool before because of this.
Ah, so if you enter anything except precise Earth parameters, it just doesn't use it? Since one can select the model and then enter different values I figured there was some generalized idea here.


I will note that for meteor impacts the existing calculator does a better job, as it considers energy lost due to air resistance during atmospheric entries.

Beyond that I have no further notes. I think it does a great job and is well designed.


The text for the calculation page is also fine in my eyes. Now all that's left is to hope that it gets maintained for a long time.
 
Ah, so if you enter anything except precise Earth parameters, it just doesn't use it? Since one can select the model and then enter different values I figured there was some generalized idea here.
Actually it seems to use uniform density model regardless. PREM there is just for informing why our Earth GBE value is different, it doesn't calculate anything.
 
Ah, so if you enter anything except precise Earth parameters, it just doesn't use it? Since one can select the model and then enter different values I figured there was some generalized idea here.
Yeah, it only works with Earth because it’s an Earth model. It doesn’t calc anything other than Earth’s GBE. It’s minor, I know, but I wanted no confusion.
I will note that for meteor impacts the existing calculator does a better job, as it considers energy lost due to air resistance during atmospheric entries.
I can add it to the tool, just need the formula. Anything with a formula can be added to the tool.
Actually it seems to use uniform density model regardless. PREM there is just for informing why our Earth GBE value is different, it doesn't calculate anything.
Yes, PREM only works with Earth and is there to show the accurate value for Earth’s GBE that we use. Since it’s an Earth model it only works with Earth, obviously.
 
Since everything has been adjusted accordingly and accepted, I believe we can apply the new text to the Calculations page and create a thread dedicated to the tool. And obviously close this one.
 
Since everything has been adjusted accordingly and accepted, I believe we can apply the new text to the Calculations page and create a thread dedicated to the tool. And obviously close this one.
@DontTalkDT

Are you willing to add this to appropriate instruction pages in our wiki please? 🙏
 
I can add it to the tool, just need the formula. Anything with a formula can be added to the tool.
There is this issue as well. 🙏
 
I made a thread to address requests and repor bug fixes.
 
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