Impiryo t1_iqywgoc wrote on October 4, 2022 at 2:42 AM Reply to comment by ciroluiro in After DART: Using the first full-scale test of a kinetic impactor to inform a future planetary defense mission by EricFromOuterSpace There was a huge amount of ejected mass from the collision - that is likely the majority of the momentum change, and what we are measuring. Plastic vs elastic collisions fail when explodey stuff happens. Permalink Parent 2
Impiryo t1_iqywgoc wrote
Reply to comment by ciroluiro in After DART: Using the first full-scale test of a kinetic impactor to inform a future planetary defense mission by EricFromOuterSpace
There was a huge amount of ejected mass from the collision - that is likely the majority of the momentum change, and what we are measuring.
Plastic vs elastic collisions fail when explodey stuff happens.