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[-] neutronbumblebee@mander.xyz 58 points 1 month ago

Also diverting comets away from Earth, or towards it. Your welcome and here's a dollar. Plus discount's for multiple asteroid fragments.

[-] saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago

Jupiter is like the bouncer to club earth where he tells feisty comets “NOT ON THE LIST.” Sometimes the comets sneak him 50 dollars and the comet gets to blow up dinosaurs and stuff though.

[-] InputZero@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

I mean in this economy we all need a side gig. Honestly kinda gotta respect the hustle.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

That guy is lucky the dinosaurs didn't sue him for the Chisxulub incident.

[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That ruins the joke tho.

[-] bizarroland@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

From what I remember, Jupiter also serves as a massive gravitational shield for asteroids that might head towards planets on the inside of Jupiter's orbit.

[-] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 8 points 1 month ago

He gets to gobble some probes as an offering, though

[-] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Speed isn't the factor being multiplied here, it's fuel efficiency. It would be much faster to give the probes enough delta-v to handle flying straight (via a parabola) to their ultimate destination than to bother wasting time with gravitational assists. But the cost in fuel would be astronomical. Literally, even.

[-] Rudee@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Also preventing the asteroid belt from forming into a single body , iirc

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