User blog:Paleomario66/Donkey Kong Moon Punch Re-Calc

Introduction
Donkey Kong punches the moon, causing it to fall down to the planet.

Clarifications
Even though the moon appears small, it is likely the same size as our own, just that the moon was scaled down in size to fit the screen. This is supported by the moon being exactly like ours in Super Mario Land 2. Another level also supports the moon being very large.

The Feat
Here's the feat.




 * Moon = 106 Pixels
 * Moon Diameter = 3,474,000 m




 * Top of Screen to Tower = 586 pixels
 * Top of Screen to Tower Distance = 19,205,320.8 m

The moon appears from the top of the screen on frame 379 and hits the tower on frame 386. Since the video runs at 25 fps, the distance (divide 7 by 25) is 0.28, so the time frame would be .28 seconds.

Speed
19,205,320.8 m / 0.28 seconds = 68,590,431.4 m/s

Kinetic Energy

 * KE = 0.5 * M * V^2
 * The mass of the Moon is 7.34767309e22kg.
 * KE = 1.7284105107269312e+38 joules

Results
1.7284105107269312e+38 joules (Extremely high-end of Large Planet level+)