The finding introduces a new wrinkle to NASA’s plan of using kinetic impactors to divert dangerous asteroids.
published today in The Astrophysical Journal Letters details the discovery of these objects. These boulders flew into the dark void as a result of the DART experiment, in which a 1,340-pound probe smashed into the non-threatening asteroid on September 26, 2022,
larger partner—32 minutes faster than it did before. The binary pair is located at an average distance of 7.5 million miles from Earth, and as mentioned earlier, they don’t pose a threat to Earth—neither before or after DART.As NASA’s test suggests, kinetic impactors might work when the real deal comes our way, but the presence of these new boulders presents a complication.
disintegrate in the atmosphere, but they could also survive to impact the surface, depending on their composition, entry angle, and other factors. Importantly, an asteroid of this size would cause significant damageThe boulders which are now traveling alongside Dimorphos are scattered unevenly across an area about 6,214 miles wide. Of the boulder batch, 15 are larger than 13 feet in diameter, according to the study.
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