its current orbit. kristin fisher, cnn, washington. monisha ravisetti is a science rider for cnet and joins me now. thanks for being here with us. first off, why did they starting this particular asteroid, do you think? hi. thank you for having me. yeah, so basically nasa is targeting this particular asteroid system in which there is a larger asteroid being orbited by a smaller one for a couple of reasons. number one, at the point of impact it s going to be close enough to earth that post impact ground based telescopes and other observational equipment will be able to tell whether or not the experiment worked and then number two the system the way that the smaller asteroid s orbit you know, the trajectory of it is comparable to the way that a potentially hazardous asteroid orbiting the
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