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Not really. It's just a question of calculation of momentum vectors. If the spacecraft's momentum isn't a goodly proportion of the asteroid's momentum it'll be
by simonblack 4y ago
Not really. It's just a question of calculation of momentum vectors.
If the spacecraft's momentum isn't a goodly proportion of the asteroid's momentum it'll be a waste of time doing that practical experiment. (A fox terrier colliding with a charging rhino would be a reasonable analogy. It wouldn't even muss the rhino's hair.)