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2022-10-12 Science & Technology

DART mission is a 'smashing success': NASA reveals craft that collided with an asteroid 6.8 million miles from Earth nudged its orbit by 32 minutes - more than triple the initial goal

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-10-12 00:15|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 But was it nudged in the direction they planned?

I ask, because it could make the difference between a glancing hit (atmosphere/SAT Orbit area) vs. a direct hit.

Posted by NN2N1 2022-10-12 08:08|| 2022-10-12 08:08|| Front Page Top

#2 So far it looks like everything went according to plan. There was a bit of a breath holder as it wasn't a solid body, more like a pile of rubble and the ejecta was more than they thought there would be due to its loose nature. A lot of the kinetic energy could have been lost that way since it was a rubble pile (see bullet backstop on a firing range).

But the measurements coming back seems like it went well.

Posted by DarthVader 2022-10-12 08:14|| 2022-10-12 08:14|| Front Page Top

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