[Interview+] Phobos Might Already Be Destroyed and Reformed. Possibly Multiple Times
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In the recent years we found out that a lot of asteroids are rubble piles. And we will be finding more of them. But it appears that Phobos might have a lot of characteristics of rubble piles. Which could have some really interesting consequences.
🟣 Guest: Dr. Harrison Agrusa https://hagrusa.github.io/
📜 Tidal disruptions of rubble piles: The case of Phobos https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.21912
00:00 Intro
02:02 Rubble pile asteroids
17:39 DART mission aftermath
21:45 Best ways to deflect an asteroid
25:01 Phobos
37:54 LUCY mission
47:32 Current obsessions
50:54 Final thoughts
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