RegularJoe@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoNASA crashed a spacecraft into a space rock, accelerating two asteroids’ orbit around the sun. The DART mission marks the first time a human-crafted object has altered the path of a celestial body.www.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down11
arrow-up164arrow-down1external-linkNASA crashed a spacecraft into a space rock, accelerating two asteroids’ orbit around the sun. The DART mission marks the first time a human-crafted object has altered the path of a celestial body.www.cnn.comRegularJoe@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squareCannonFodder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 days agoYes, first time they have measured the change. The relative mass of a rocket ship to the earth makes the effect on earth insignificant.
Yes, first time they have measured the change. The relative mass of a rocket ship to the earth makes the effect on earth insignificant.