MIT Engineers Devise the Best Way to Deflect an Incoming Planet-Killer Asteroid

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MIT researchers have devised a framework for deciding which type of mission would be most successful in deflecting an incoming asteroid, taking into account an asteroid's mass and momentum, its proximity to a gravitational keyhole, and the amount of warning time that scientists have of an impending collision. Credit: Christine Daniloff, MIT

MIT engineers devise a decision map to identify the best mission type to deflect an incoming asteroid.