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> The speed at which things move through space means even the smallest particles can impart a lot of energy when colliding with another object. Webb has now bee
by XCSme 4y ago
> The speed at which things move through space means even the smallest particles can impart a lot of energy when colliding with another object. Webb has now been hit five times with this latest event being the most significant.
> Webb has an open design; its mirrors are not guarded by the kind of tubular baffle seen on other space telescopes, such as Hubble.
So previous telescopes did have more protection against this kind of events.
The good part is:
> The damage inflicted by the dust-sized micrometeoroid is producing a noticeable effect in the observatory's data but is not expected to limit the mission's overall performance.
- gruturo 4y ago>> Webb has an open design; its mirrors are not guarded by the kind of tubular baffle seen on other space telescopes, such as Hubble. >So previous telescopes did have more protection against this kind of events. I would expect Webb to be less vulnerable though, due to the open design. So many possible trajectories would just go through the empty space between the beams and trusses (sorry for using the wrong terminology) and not hit anything at all?
- Rastonbury 4y agoIt would be the same for like hubble, any trajectory will just hit the tube