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

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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Veröffentlicht in:Nature communications 2023-03, Vol.14 (1), p.1003-3, Article 1003
Hauptverfasser: Rivkin, Andrew S., Cheng, Andrew F.
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Sprache:eng
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Asteroid deflection
Asteroids
Comment
Communications satellites
Defense
Extrasolar planets
Humanities and Social Sciences
Meteors & meteorites
multidisciplinary
Planetary defense
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Space telescopes
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:2041-1723
2041-1723
DOI:10.1038/s41467-022-35561-2