Simulating Impact Craters on Asteroids

A few billion years ago, a rogue object slammed into the asteroid called 16 Psyche, gouging out a crater roughly four miles deep and 33 miles wide. A new visualization by Los Alamos National Laboratory brings the impact to life, helping planetary scientists study the asteroid’s composition, learn more about how the planets were formed, and refine methods for knocking an asteroid off-course if it were headed toward Earth.

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Видео Simulating Impact Craters on Asteroids канала Los Alamos National Lab