Wow, I clearly didn't think this through. That's brutal. That leads to another idea - if something more substantial was placed in its path - the resulting debr

Wow, I clearly didn't think this through. That's brutal. That leads to another idea - if something more substantial was placed in its path - the resulting debris and gas cloud from the impact could reveal something about the contents of the object. Or, if it's an alien probe, it would force their hand. :-D We could see some exotic manuevering.