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Dalek Dave

OK, but, a meteorite that big would not lose much mass, and even though there would be some loss of velocity, remember it would still be slamming into the Earth at circa 100,000 mph, so it would only be in the atmosphere for a couple of seconds. The damage to the atmosphere you are indicating would be caused more by the impacting rather than the ripping through (and remember that meteors are very cold until they impact). Certainly though the blast wave would cause immense damage, and don't forget the antipodal impact reverberations, they could cause a flood basalt event.see here[^].

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Dalek Dave

Shiva has been used as a Deadly Virus in 'Executive Orders'.

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dan sh

I wonder how many understand "Kali yug" as well. Maybe we can use something off the Garuda Puran. Maybe "kinkara".

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dan sh

That's basically a chimera virus named by IMHO some ignorant guy.

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Dalek Dave

Good book though.

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Gregory Gadow

My understanding is that the chief target of Shiva is ignorance. Anyway, I don't so much want a being of destruction as one of chaos and evil, which Shiva is not.

dan sh

Gregory.Gadow wrote:

chaos and evil

Try these[^] then.

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HimanshuJoshi

Gregory.Gadow wrote:

My understanding is thath, i Yuga means "the time of Kali"

And that started when Lord Krishna left earth around 5000 years ago according to Vishnu-purana. It means dark times when sins such as lying, cheating is more common. Kali represents the all the evil that is in earth.

Gregory.Gadow wrote:

Anyway, religious names are commonly used for such things, and borrowings from Greek, Roman and Judeo-Christian traditions - Apophis, Nemesis and so on - have been pretty overused.

I know that these things have been borrowed from religions and traditions, but my point is that if you really don't want to piss any religion, then use made up words.

HimanshuJoshi

Those won't be historically accurate, since they are daemons which affect Sun and Moon and cause Eclipses according to hindu mythology. So if you are going for something matching along the lines of hindu mythologic accuracy, I suggest you to stick to Kali or Kali yuga.

Dalek Dave

Or he could use Sutekh, Ancient Egyptian God of Deserts and Storms, very apt. And not too many ancient egyptians around these days.

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HimanshuJoshi

yeah and if any of them are here all of them would be busy partying off their new found freedom.

Dalek Dave

They couldn't afford to party, they all lost their money on an illegal pyramid scheme!

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Gregory Gadow

That will be helpful, thanks!

Soulus83

Remember what happened at Tunguska!!! ;P

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Dalek Dave

Mulder nearly died!

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Dalek Dave

Why the colons?

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AspDotNetDev

Because Ur:anus has a colon?

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Dalek Dave

Oh dear! 5!

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GenJerDan

HimanshuJoshi wrote:

Invent some names that sounds like science fiction, not mythology.

Better yet, have the UN hold a 50/50 lottery. $10 and you can put in your entry for the name. Then have the winning entry be something ridiculously inappropriate.

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Vikram A Punathambekar

Kali, with both syllables short is the demon, of Kali Yug infamy; Kali, phonetically Kaa-lee, is the name of the goddess. They are rendered differently in Devanagari, transliteration into English is a pain.

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