threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 16 days agoDon’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down12
arrow-up1119arrow-down1external-linkDon’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032arstechnica.comthreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareInFerNo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·15 days agoIf we are able to nudge an asteroid, would an asteroid of this size nudge the earth?
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·15 days agoTechnically the solar system is a multi-body system, and everything nudges everything else, but the mass of the earth is far greater than the mass of the asteroid, to the point that it doesn’t matter.
If we are able to nudge an asteroid, would an asteroid of this size nudge the earth?
Technically the solar system is a multi-body system, and everything nudges everything else, but the mass of the earth is far greater than the mass of the asteroid, to the point that it doesn’t matter.