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jojobas
on Dec 21, 2023
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New nuclear deflection simulations advance planeta...
Unless it's spinning at 100rpm the rotation would have very little impact, the whole x-ray-heatup-boiloff cycle is under a second.
sigmoid10
on Dec 21, 2023
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The paper only simulated it up to 10 microseconds. But they also only used a simplified 2D toy model. They acknowledge that a realistic simulation will need to factor in a ton of other things, including rotation of the asteroid.
hnuser123456
on Dec 21, 2023
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The impacted side might outgas for years.
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