Eaton_Rifles t1_jalhv6n wrote
Reply to comment by rocketsocks 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
Maybe it’s an asteroids game sort of approach, so you hit a smaller asteroid adjusting it’s orbit, bits of that then slam into the threatening asteroid with more effect than just using the original impact object...👍
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