Comment Re:Don't we already know? - yes we do (Score 0) 113
The article state the sizes of the objects and the orbit of one round the other. gravity AFAIK tends to remain directly proportional to mass throughout the universe. We know *exactly* what the mass is and since we know the size, we know the density; high school physics stuff. Even if we didn't, this won't tell us a thing about the other 8.6 trillion [undemolished] asteroids. What if it knocks this shit out of orbit and it no longer influences something else which no longer influences something else and blooey the whole fucking Khyber-belt goes sun-bound.
A mission this pointless can only be the child of a "use-it-or-lose-it" budget mentality.
Either that, or they're trying to unleash Mothra.
This kind of screwing around is exactly how Zod gets out of the Phantom Zone, you know...