The DART mission to ram a impactor into a harmless asteroid went off without a hitch. The effects of the impact weren't subtle. There is a small moon around the asteroid Didymos. The journey to the asteroid system took 10 months. As it sped toward the asteroid, DART's onboard DRACO camera captured stunning POV images as it reached speeds of savesay savesay savesay savesay's onboard DRACO camera captured stunning POV images as it reached savesay savesay savesay's onboard DRACO camera captured stunning POV images as it reached savesay' The craggy surface of the football stadium-size Dimorphos was revealed by the DRACO images. The DART was destroyed as a result of the impact. The degree to which DART affected the moonlet is being determined by scientists. There is a chance that scientists have found a way to stop asteroids. This was a test to see if we could move a space rock after the DART experiment.
The telescopes were focused on the asteroids. It wasn't clear how visible the impact would be from Earth, but the images we're seeing from the ground clearly show a substantial plumes from Didymos.
The Virtual Telescope project wrote that it was hard to comment on the experience. The effects of DART slamming into Didymos made it brighter with a huge cloud of debris. The Klein Karoo Observatory in South Africa was used to track the impact. According to the post, the target asteroid is visible on the bottom right of each image and can be seen developing a dusty cloud in the eastern direction. The dust cloud was expanding at a rate of 1.9 km/s, according to the astronomer.
The event was chronicled by the astronomer with the Atlas project. A asteroid impact early warning system based in Hawaii is funded by NASA. The DART craft was observed at Didymos. A timelapse shows a large plume produced by the impact and moving towards a pair of asteroids.
There is an observatory in South Africa that manages an observatory. This time it shows a growing cloud moving towards the asteroid. The pair appears to be a single object at a distance of over 10 million km.
It's hard to tell if the impact kicked up a lot of material or if these views are a function of bright dust. The view of Dimorphos's surface looked like a pile of debris. We need more data to be sure if it is the case. DART created a large cloud of dust.
It could take anywhere from a few days to a few weeks for us to know the degree to which Dimorphos's trajectory was changed. It will be interesting.
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