Gravitational tractor

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A gravitational tractor is an object which influences the trajectory of its target through the force of gravity alone. It has been put forward as a method to deflect dangerous objects (such as asteroids or comets from Earth's orbit.

Such an object must be of sufficient mass to noticeably affect the target object.

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