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Allah@lemmy.world to [Dormant] moved to [email protected]@lemmy.world · 4 months ago

Is it possible to launch a nuke at Apophis asteroid, when it is visiting earth, in such a way that it directs the asteroid towards earth?

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Is it possible to launch a nuke at Apophis asteroid, when it is visiting earth, in such a way that it directs the asteroid towards earth?

Allah@lemmy.world to [Dormant] moved to [email protected]@lemmy.world · 4 months ago
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  • burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 months ago

    Short answer: no

    If you wanted to redirect it, you’d want to start nudging it way before it gets to earth.

    Here’s an example:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Asteroid_Redirection_Test

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      what if i send 100 missions like these, but to direct it to earth?

      • burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Sure, there are plenty of options. Just do these in reverse:

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_impact_avoidance#Nuclear_explosive_device

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          very cool, hey i like you, thanks for helping me

          just because you were nice to me, i’d like to advice you to leave earth before 2029

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            In case you are into it, this is actually one of the plot lines in The Expanse (spoilers).

  • Kokesh@lemmy.world
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    Like reverse Armageddon?

    • edgemaster72@lemmy.world
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      I thought reverse Armageddon was where you send astronauts to go work in a mine for … reasons?

    • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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      I can picture Steve Buscemi in this standing on earth this time, stating “this place is like Dr. Seuss’s worst nightmare”

    • enkers@sh.itjust.works
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      I’d watch it.

  • over_clox@lemmy.world
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    Asking for a friend?

  • ericjmorey@lemmy.world
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    I would think that Allah would be able to figure something out without needing nuclear weapons.

    • TheOneAndOnly@lemmy.world
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      … And yet, here we are.

      • ericjmorey@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        indeed

    • CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world
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      If Allah cared we would all be in hell already.

      Wait a minute…

  • skozzii
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    Settle down there Dr.Evil…

  • MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de
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    The hard part is launching a nuke without setting off nuclear armageddon when all of the nuke-holding countries panic and launch theirs, so uh … why bother with the asteroid part?

  • Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radio
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    Consider the complexity of getting this right:

    https://youtu.be/D89ngRr4uZg

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    I don’t know, but someone should try. Maybe it would knock us into a less stupid timeline.

    • catloaf@lemm.ee
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      It would blow apart the asteroid.

      A lot of then aren’t sold rocks, but loose groups of small rocks and dust held together only by a small amount of gravity because there’s nothing else around.

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