Earth vs an Adamantium Spear the length of Jupiter's Diameter

[Postmania]

Suddenly, for no apparent reason, an adamantium spear as long as Jupiter is wide comes sailing towards earth. It's about as thick as a telephone pole and traveling at 10 miles/sec. It will intercept earth and is coming from the location of Jupiter.

Will Earth be able to handle it? How do people react if they survive?

[Beadle]

Nope. Earth is hosed.

[T51R]

Suddenly, for no apparent reason, an adamantium spear as long as Jupiter is wide comes sailing towards earth. It's about as thick as a telephone pole and traveling at 10 miles/sec. It will intercept earth and is coming from the location of Jupiter.

Will Earth be able to handle it? How do people react if they survive?

Whoever tries this one needs to be good with math lol

[Tami]

Okay, so we are looking at about 11,267.5 hours to reach Earth, which is about 15 months give or take.

Assuming a steady rate of speed, and nothing getting in the way to slow it down.

This also assumes that the aim has taken into account the movements of both Jupiter and Earth around the sun,as well as the effects of gravity.

Worst case scenario, Earth has a little over one year to figure out how to stop or deflect it. Considering all of the current thought going into what to do if an Asteroid heads towards the Earth there are scientists and others already considering various options.

Best case scenario, the aim is off and the spear heads into the sun instead.

[Nik Hasta]

I mean, the width being so small makes this not that bad to be honest.

Is it self-propelled or will the impact blunt its forward momentum?

[Cthulhu_of_R'lyeh]

Well with just some quickmaths, a telephone pole (30 feet tall, weighing 430~ pounds) traveling that fast would impact with about 25 giganewtons which is like... 2.5 million tons of force?

[Nik Hasta]

Well with just some quickmaths, a telephone pole (30 feet tall, weighing 430~ pounds) traveling that fast would impact with about 25 giganewtons which is like... 2.5 million tons of force?

Translating that into like... megatons or something... is a bit tricky?

I think the planet is going to be fine to be honest.

[Tami]

Well with just some quickmaths, a telephone pole (30 feet tall, weighing 430~ pounds) traveling that fast would impact with about 25 giganewtons which is like... 2.5 million tons of force?

That sounds like Nuclear Explosion territory.