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curvebombr t1_jaj92uu wrote
Reply to NASA’s DART data validates kinetic impact as planetary defense method | DART altered the orbit of the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos by 33 minutes by mepper
For those that don't know, minutes are a measure of angles. One minute of angle is roughly equal to 1in at 100yard distance. So, 33 minutes is quite a substantial change at this distance.
curvebombr t1_ja3mj2j wrote
Reply to comment by weirdgroovynerd in Guys who can be beat up by more than 50% of the Earth's population shouldn't be calling themselves Alpha Males by [deleted]
Chuck lost to Bruce. That makes him a Beta right?
curvebombr t1_jajl8ri wrote
Reply to comment by zeeblecroid in NASA’s DART data validates kinetic impact as planetary defense method | DART altered the orbit of the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos by 33 minutes by mepper
TIL, I was under the impression it was the degree of change in the orbit not length of time to orbit.