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d_barbz t1_jdp286p wrote

He didn't need to clarify it until you misunderstood it.

If you wanted to add to a cool fact your sentence would have been better off starting with something along the lines of "And", "Also" or even "However" rather than something that's attempting to be contradictory like "Not quite".

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reedef t1_jdp1shr wrote

So I started researching and Wikipedia actually has a calculation on this and for an asteroid with hyperbolic excess velocity of 12.5 km/s the effective increase of the cross sectional impact area is 80%. Not x10 or anything but not insignificant either.

The impact is going to be larger than that for objects that approach the earth from nearby orbits.

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collegefurtrader t1_jdp16je wrote

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CarAtunk817 t1_jdowwgq wrote

JPL been trying to break this thing for like a year now. These latest flights are high, long, and fast.

What an amazing feat of engineering. Quickly becoming my favorite space probe of all time. Ridiculous.

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