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by: Mikko - Tue, 26 Sep 2023 15:34 UTC

On 2023-09-26 04:02:43 +0000, RichA said:

> I guess there could be some energy impacted by an impactor, even if the
> body isn't really solid?

An impactor works if it doesn't break the asteroid and doesn't throw too
much of the rubble away. Any asteroid worth of the effort is big enough
that the impactor does not fly through it.

Mikko

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From: clp@alumni.caltech.edu (Chris L Peterson)
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by: Chris L Peterson - Tue, 26 Sep 2023 16:54 UTC

On Tue, 26 Sep 2023 18:34:25 +0300, Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi>
wrote:

>On 2023-09-26 04:02:43 +0000, RichA said:
>
>> I guess there could be some energy impacted by an impactor, even if the
>> body isn't really solid?
>
>An impactor works if it doesn't break the asteroid and doesn't throw too
>much of the rubble away. Any asteroid worth of the effort is big enough
>that the impactor does not fly through it.

Breaking it up can be an excellent solution. As the rubble is likely
no larger than tens of meters, it becomes largely harmless if it
impacts the Earth.

Linux is obsolete (Andrew Tanenbaum)

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Wonder how they'll "push" an asteroid composed of rubble?	Mikko
Wonder how they'll "push" an asteroid composed of rubble?	Chris L Peterson