Two planetary defense impact simulations on an asteroid run using Spheral++. These simulations use the same impactor momentum and ultimately impart the same deflection velocity to the asteroid, but they have different material properties describing the asteroid material. The colorscale shows the degree of deformation in the asteroid body. Prepared by LLNL under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344. LLNL-VIDEO-840217, LLNL-MI-867807

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Image(s) courtesy of Kathryn M. Kumamoto

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