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> High-powered laser to deflect a comet nucleus - Illustration

High-powered laser to deflect a comet nucleus - Illustration

author: Don Dixon/Novapix

reference: a-com99-01003

Image Size 300 DPI: 37 * 23 cm

A high-powered laser in earth orbit blasts surface material from an approaching comet nucleus in an effort to deflect it.

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Keywords for this photo:

ASTEROID - ASTRONOMY - COLLISION - COMET - EARTH - ILLUSTRATION - IMPACT - LASER - LASER BEAM - NUCLEUS - PLANET -