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Kablooie

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6. It looks like it might not be solid.

Reply to LunaSea (Original post)

Wed Sep 28, 2022, 02:42 AM

Sep 2022

We think of asteroids as huge hunks of rock or metal but they might often be a bunch of small rocks loosely Held together by gravity. If this is the case, instead of knocking a big rock into a modified orbit, It might have just scattered them like a bunch of pool balls. How this would affect the orbit remains to be seen.

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One of DARTs last photos of Dimorphos [View all] LunaSea Sep 2022 OP

That is so cool Walleye Sep 2022 #1

it was incredible to watch... bahboo Sep 2022 #2

Imagine if there had been an obvious fossil or artifact right in the middle ... nt eppur_se_muova Sep 2022 #3

How weird..... LunaSea Sep 2022 #4

Thanks for the link -- I remember being awestruck seeing those paintings in NatGeo growing up ... eppur_se_muova Sep 2022 #7

Or even just an Orange Julius stand. nt sl8 Sep 2022 #5

It looks like it might not be solid. Kablooie Sep 2022 #6

Watched this live... Tolerant1 Sep 2022 #8