User blog:Dargoo Faust/Garfielf kicks Odie into Space



Self-explanatory.

Why the heck not. I plan to make an accurate Garfeilf profile.

The Calc
To enter orbit, one needs to move at 11 km/s.

Odie is often interpreted as a Dachshund, at least in the movies. Which makes sense, seeing as he's around the size of Gerfeild. They typically weigh 16 to 32 pounds, which we'll use for low and high ends respectively.

For Garfeild to cause Odie to move that fast, he'd need to apply the kinetic energy of Odie moving at that speed.

KE = 1/2 * m * v2

v = 11 km/s, or 1100 m/s.

m = 7.2 kg (Low-End), 14.515 kg (High-End)

Energy needed to send Odie into orbit:

Low End: 4.356000 x 10^6 J, Wall level

High end: 8.781580 x 10^6 J, Wall level

The Calc 2
Garflief hits Jon with the force of a million newspapers.

On average, newspapers weigh  0.02844 pounds. Let's say someone swings it at the same speed you could punch somone with, or 25 MPH. Around 0.013 kg moving at 11m/s. Around 0.7865 Joules.

Gerfald hits with a million times this force, or 7.86500 x 10^5 J, or Wall level