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Astrophysicist Scott Manley determined the energy required to destroy a planet (2.25 x 1032 joules). Is the energy required to destroy 3 planets simply a case of multiplying his result by three? If not, how much energy would it take to destroy 3 planets? This scenario relates to Incredible Hulks 634 (2011). When Hulk and his wife, Red She-Hulk, clashed, the impact obliterated the planet they were standing on and two nearby planets (and possibly some stars).
https://www.sciencealert.com/watch-how-much-power-does-it-take-to-blow-up-a-planet#:~:text=Easy!,trillion trillion joules of energy.
When Manley runs the particulars of Earth through this equation, he figures out that it'd take about 2.25 x 1032 joules, or 225 million trillion trillion joules. For much larger planets such as Jupiter, you're going to need about 2 x 1036 joules, which means 2 trillion trillion trillion joules of energy. Scott Manley
https://www.sciencealert.com/watch-how-much-power-does-it-take-to-blow-up-a-planet#:~:text=Easy!,trillion trillion joules of energy.
When Manley runs the particulars of Earth through this equation, he figures out that it'd take about 2.25 x 1032 joules, or 225 million trillion trillion joules. For much larger planets such as Jupiter, you're going to need about 2 x 1036 joules, which means 2 trillion trillion trillion joules of energy. Scott Manley
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