The asteroid's orbit will decay and will collide with its orbiting object, breaking it into pieces and sending a much bigger chunk directly back at Earth.
In understand the first reference, but not yours. What's it from?
I've just started Persepolis Rising, please don't spoil anything rubbingalcohol!
lol I've never even heard of that. I'm just a little fearful of playing games with asteroids. Probably because I suck at Star Fox.
Do watch The Expanse though. The show is amazing, and I hope the books are even better.
Ah, it's book 7 of The Expanse series. They are worth reading and the show is worth watching.
Or we fuck up and make it an earth asteroid rather than a near earth asteroid ... lol. With the way events have been shaping recently I say there’s a 50/50% chance of success
They are hitting a moonlet of a near-earth asteroid. Even after they hit it, the moon will still be in orbit of the (still) near-Earth asteroid.
Think of the poor Adam Savage just trying to survey the impact site!