Science News | DART's expected impact on the motion of Dimorphos | Science News @ScienceNewsMag | Uploaded September 2022 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
This animation shows how DART's impact on Dimorphos will affect the space rock's orbit around its larger parent asteroid, Didymos. DART should shove Dimorphos into a slightly tighter, shorter orbit.
Read more: sciencenews.org/article/nasa-dart-asteroid-dimorphos-impact
Video: Jon Emmerich/Johns Hopkins APL/NASA
This animation shows how DART's impact on Dimorphos will affect the space rock's orbit around its larger parent asteroid, Didymos. DART should shove Dimorphos into a slightly tighter, shorter orbit.
Read more: sciencenews.org/article/nasa-dart-asteroid-dimorphos-impact
Video: Jon Emmerich/Johns Hopkins APL/NASA