In studying data collected from NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission, which in 2022 sent a spacecraft to intentionally collide with the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos, the mission’s science team has discovered new information on the origins of the target binary asteroid system and why the DART spacecraft was so effective in shifting Dimorphos’ orbit. In five recently […]
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Asteroids, DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test), Missions, Planetary Defense, Planetary Defense Coordination Office, Planetary Science, Planetary Science Division, Science Mission Directorate, The Solar System
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July 30, 2024
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