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re: Watch DART successfully impact asteroid Dimorphous [video + gif]
Posted on 9/26/22 at 9:25 pm to CaptainJ47
Posted on 9/26/22 at 9:25 pm to CaptainJ47
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Show me the impact from another angle, how much was it deflected, what was the outcome?
A small spacecraft impacting a 100 meter wide solid iron rock isn’t going to do much.
It’s probably more of a proof of concept for using a 25 megaton nuke to do most of the deflecting.
Edit: Even then, it could take weeks or months to see a significant visual change in the asteroid trajectory. We’re talking about object with orbits around the Sun of planets of millions of miles.
This post was edited on 9/26/22 at 9:29 pm
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Posted on 9/26/22 at 9:31 pm to UndercoverBryologist
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A small spacecraft impacting a 100 meter wide solid iron rock isn’t going to do much.
It’s probably more of a proof of concept for using a 25 megaton nuke to do most of the deflecting.
Edit: Even then, it could take weeks or months to see a significant visual change in the asteroid trajectory. We’re talking about object with orbits around the Sun of planets of millions of miles.
But isn't it true that even a tiny variation over time can drastically change the course of the asteroid?
Posted on 9/26/22 at 9:40 pm to UndercoverBryologist
NASA has eyes on it so does Italy a few others
they probably wont be able to gauge for a couple of weeks
they probably wont be able to gauge for a couple of weeks
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