Thread: Take cover Andromeda's coming.
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Old 20-04-2008, 12:47   #14
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Re: Take cover Andromeda's coming.
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Originally Posted by Cobbydaler View Post
If you think about it logically, even if the asteroid hit the ISS in 2029, is a 200 billion tonne body going to be significantly deflected by a sub 500 tonne object?
I thought that, but I suppose that if it did hit the ISS it would be well, well close already to the atmosphere, so even if it upset its trajectory by a minuscule amount by the time it comes around again it might well hit us.
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