Planetary defense with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission and prospects

NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission intentionally impacted the asteroid Dimorphos on September 26, 2022, and this kinetic impact changed Dimorphos’ orbit around its binary companion Didymos. This first planetary defense test explored technological readiness for this method of aste...

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Autores principales: Rivkin, Andrew S., Cheng, Andrew F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9978022/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36859367
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35561-2
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Sumario:NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission intentionally impacted the asteroid Dimorphos on September 26, 2022, and this kinetic impact changed Dimorphos’ orbit around its binary companion Didymos. This first planetary defense test explored technological readiness for this method of asteroid deflection.

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