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Hasn't the fact of simply being in orbit already caused a change in the trajectory?  Does impact make any difference?
 
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:Technically, yes, but the effect is so small it may as well not exist. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.218.239|108.162.218.239]] 01:56, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

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Hairy's Woooo has four o's but Cueball's Wooo has only three o's. Rtanenbaum (talk) 14:41, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
Armegeddon actually had no kinetic impact. The plot device was a bomb drilled into the surface and detonated. This did deflect the comet by splitting it on half along a fault, causing the two pieces to miss Earth.162.158.75.100 17:04, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
Agreed, and edited. Beret Guy (talk) 20:54, 30 September 2016 (UTC)Beret Guy

Hasn't the fact of simply being in orbit already caused a change in the trajectory? Does impact make any difference?

Technically, yes, but the effect is so small it may as well not exist. 108.162.218.239 01:56, 1 October 2016 (UTC)