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“Most researchers were modeling asteroids like a sphere. It makes the math easier. It’s a huge calculation, and the codes can handle spheres. The trouble is, spherical asteroids don’t exist,” said Sandia National Laboratories physicist Nathan Moore. A new asteroid deflection model developed at Sandia incorporates realistic asteroid shapes and high-fidelity math, with surprising results.
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