In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Mon, 4 Feb 2013 16:31:30 -0500: Hi, [snip] >So it is about the same as a 1.5 ton car whacking into 20 g songbird. Not >likely to deflect the path much. But even a tiny effect will change the >orbit significantly over time. That is why they are talking about >deflection techniques for meteorites such as painting one side white, to >increase the effect of sunlight. Like a Crooks radiometer. > ..since they usually spin, I doubt that would be a useful approach.
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