New nuclear deflection simulations advance planetary defense against asteroid threats

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Physicist Mary Burkey developed a novel approach to simulating the energy deposition from a nuclear device on an asteroid’s surface.

« New nuclear deflection simulations advance planetary defense against asteroid threats

Credit: Graphic illustration courtesy of Mary Burkey.

A modeling tool developed by scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory shows the progression an asteroid being broken up by a theoretical nuclear device detonated near the the surface of the near-Earth object.

« New nuclear deflection simulations advance planetary defense against asteroid threats

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