Comment on Sumerian Star Map Recorded the Impact of an Asteroid (2024)parentComments−jacquesm7moAt some point it might but that would depend highly on the speed of the object relative to us....Tunguska must have been just too steep because it left a very long track and likely did not even impact.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_eventAt Mach 80 a lot of things that seem compressible are not... so yes, once you get to angles like that at some point it would possibly deflect but the energy dissipated will still be massive and the shockwave will be ringing the whole planet.
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At some point it might but that would depend highly on the speed of the object relative to us....
Tunguska must have been just too steep because it left a very long track and likely did not even impact.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event
At Mach 80 a lot of things that seem compressible are not... so yes, once you get to angles like that at some point it would possibly deflect but the energy dissipated will still be massive and the shockwave will be ringing the whole planet.