The DART asteroid probe was captured by telescopes here on Earth.
DART gave up its life in the name of planetary defense when it slammed into Dimorphos. The impact took place 7 million miles away from Earth, but some eyes on our planet spotted it.
The Didymos system has been observed by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System. A huge shell of material exploded away from the Dimorphos.
The DART asteroid- impact mission is explained in pictures.
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ATLAS observations of the DART spacecraft impact at Didymos! pic.twitter.com/26IKwB9VSoSeptember 27, 2022
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From a different angle, DART hit Dimorphos while moving from left to right in the frame, rather than from right to left.
A member of the LCO team, as well as the ATLAS project, posted their observations on the social networking site. There are two time-lapse videos that are worth watching.
Didymos is 2,560 feet across and the Dimorphos is 170 meters wide. The space-rock system was used by NASA to test out the approach to asteroids.
Scientists will use telescopes to measure the impact of the impact on Didymos. The data will teach them about the effectiveness of the hit technique. It is a matter of when, not if, we will need to deal with a large incoming asteroid.
The DART postmortem is about to start. The Didymos system will soon be looked at by many more ground telescopes. There will be some shots of Dimorphos from LICIACube in the next few days.
There will be more up- close work to come. Hera to the Didymos system will be launched by the European Space Agency. Hera will be gathering data about both asteroids after she arrives.
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