Deflection and Disruption - What's the Difference?

Neil has his own asteroid?! On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Marcia Belsky answer fan questions about different types of asteroids with Marina Brozovic, orbital dynamicist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 

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Photo Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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