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I thought about this too, but if it were dust, I'm guessing it wouldn't dissipate in 1 second.
by gibmeat 4y ago
I thought about this too, but if it were dust, I'm guessing it wouldn't dissipate in 1 second.
- marginalia_nu 4y agoSeems like atmospheric intuition. I'd expect high velocity dust to diffuse rather quickly in near vacuum.
- icehawk 4y agoHere's a 2.8km/sec dust cloud from DART for comparison: https://www.virtualtelescope.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/DARTimpactDimorphos_26sept2022_panel.jpg?x31283 https://www.virtualtelescope.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads...