[Interview+] Phobos Might Already Be Destroyed and Reformed. Possibly Multiple Times

BONUS PART STARTS AT 37:54

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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