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My idea is to whacking the asteroid on opposite sides of his greatest moment of inertia with delta functions at the optimal time (eg, with mini-nukes) to make the oscillation asteroid at a very high angular velocity as Euler equations of motion (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler 's_equ ...

Then, with a primary weapon or nuclear explosive in other major center of the asteroid exploded at the right time would break the asteroid into pieces which fly apart at a speed high enough to overcome the speed of asteroids own liberation because of the high degree of angular rotation of the asteroid main before the explosion. (This means that the asteroid will not re-assemble under its own gravity).

if theres a large asteroid headed for earth, it would be unrealistic to try to blow it. the reason becomes quite obvious if you think a little harder, barely the size of asteroids can be. and how much energy it would take to destroy such a large mass. More How do you propose to obtain nuclear weapons "primary" in the center of the asteroid?

it is more realistic to deflect its trajectory enough to pass through the earth. and of course, the farther away from the asteroid is the smallest angle, you must change the trajectory of asteroids to avoid disaster.

So really, the key is early detection. If you see a large asteroid passing say, Saturn, then you have many years working on something.

Can u send me the idea on how to stop an asteroid? Im doin a project ABT prevent frm asteroid earth .. Can u send tat to my email info .. Ty plz: D Report Abuse

Have you ever seen what a shotgun at a dirt clod? The trajectory would remain the same for fragments that leave all at right angles to the rotation with a speed multiplied times the radius of rotation. You would probably make it more devastating, just spread over a wider area. (At the time we could get a missile impact, which has been done once, in fact a satellite)