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It's my understanding that the 160m size chunk of stuff in question has been described as a "rubble pile". Probably not stuck together very well. What are the
by walrus01 4y ago
It's my understanding that the 160m size chunk of stuff in question has been described as a "rubble pile". Probably not stuck together very well.
What are the theories of what would happen if you hit such a thing, in a scenario where you needed to deflect it, with a high velocity 9000 kg mass (vs the much smaller and low cost DART), and instead of altering its orbit it broke up into a bunch of medium sized chunks?
- bearmode 4y agoA bunch of medium-sized chunks are far less likely to make it to ground, and less likely to do as much damage. Still a significantly better outcome.