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Rosetta couldn't really affect the comet trajectory in a meaningful way, even if we wanted to. The comet has a mass of nearly 10 trillion kg, the orbiter is <3000 kg, and P = MV. It would need to have insane velocity to impart any meaningful momentum.


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