RegularJoe@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 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 · 9 days agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squarechicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days agoThey were able to use the changes in orbit to calculate the densities of the asteroids, so maybe it’s the first time they were able to alter it enough that the changes can be used to calculate that sort of thing.
They were able to use the changes in orbit to calculate the densities of the asteroids, so maybe it’s the first time they were able to alter it enough that the changes can be used to calculate that sort of thing.