significantly deformed Dimorphos into an ellipsoidal shape or may have sent it into a chaotically tumbling rotation. If Dimorphos was in a tumbling rotation...
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shortened Dimorphos' orbit by 32 minutes, greatly in excess of the pre-defined success threshold of 73 seconds. DART's success in deflecting Dimorphos was due...
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B comes from the word "Dimorphos", Greek for "having two forms". The meaning of the name represents how the form of Dimorphos's orbit will change after...
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spacecraft successfully altered the orbit of the non-threatening asteroid Dimorphos by crashing into it. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU)...
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Active asteroid (section Dimorphos)
and deformation of Dimorphos's shape, leaving an impact crater several tens of meters in diameter. The impact has likely sent Dimorphos into a chaotically...
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Prior to Dimorphos Impact". NASA. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022. "DART's Small Satellite Companion Tests Camera Prior to Dimorphos Impact"...
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with its satellite Dimorphos at 23:16 UTC at a relative speed of about 6.6 km/s. The impact must change the orbital period of Dimorphos around Didymos, which...
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of Dimorphos. It will operate for 3–6 months near the asteroid. At the end of its mission, it will attempt a landing on the surface of Dimorphos to obtain...
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SpaceX Falcon 9 from California on a trajectory designed to impact the Dimorphos asteroid. Scientists were seeking to determine whether an impact could...
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Binary near-Earth asteroid 65803 Didymos and its moon Dimorphos imaged by the Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft...
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