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jwm1 | 4 years ago

Cycling a large asteroid between Earth and Jupiter could be used to slowly shift the orbit of Earth, most of the energy coming from Jupiter. Astronomical engineering: a strategy for modifying planetary orbits [https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0102126]

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dylan604|4 years ago

There's a congressman that would like to have a converstation with you about this to save Earth from climate change.

bagels|4 years ago

We could solve climate change in barely a billion years this way. Genius.

isatty|4 years ago

That's a great paper, thanks for the link!