Spacecraft's impact changed asteroid's orbit around the sun in a save-the-Earth test, study finds

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Spacecraft's impact changed asteroid's orbit around the sun in a save-the-Earth test, study finds

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Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to

Space@beehaw.org · 18 days ago

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A new study has found that an asteroid NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different route around the sun.

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