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Kwiatkowski t1_jalbktv wrote

Reply to comment by 12edDawn in NASA’s DART data validates kinetic impact as planetary defense method | DART altered the orbit of the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos by 33 minutes by mepper

someone else probably will do the maths better but I’d bet because if the squishiness it transferred more of its kinetic energy into the target instead of converting it into more heat which would be the result of a more solid hit. Don’t trust me tho, just my thought on how it works

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