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

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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

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BONUS PART STARTS AT 37:54

Watch here (with no ads and a bouns part) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/JMP7N_Dkga0

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

2026-04-14 52 min
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