significantly deformed Dimorphos into an ellipsoidal shape or may have sent it into a chaotically tumbling rotation. If Dimorphos was in a tumbling rotation...

shortened Dimorphos's orbit by 32 minutes, greatly in excess of the pre-defined success threshold of 73 seconds. DART's success in deflecting Dimorphos was...

B comes from the word "Dimorphos", Greek for "having two forms". The meaning of the name represents how the form of Dimorphos's orbit will change after...

spacecraft successfully altered the orbit of the non-threatening asteroid Dimorphos by crashing into it. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU)...

the DART impactor, four years after impact. DART impacted the asteroid Dimorphos, the smaller of two objects forming the binary asteroid 65803 Didymos...

and deformation of Dimorphos's shape, leaving an impact crater several tens of meters in diameter. The impact has likely sent Dimorphos into a chaotically...

SpaceX Falcon 9 from California on a trajectory designed to impact the Dimorphos asteroid. Scientists were seeking to determine whether an impact could...

analysis of the Didymos asteroid binary system after DART's impact on Dimorphos. It communicates directly with Earth, sending back images of the ejecta...

Planetary Defense Conference. In 2022, NASA spacecraft DART impacted Dimorphos, reducing the minor-planet moon's orbital period by 32 minutes. This mission...

of Dimorphos. It will operate for 3–6 months near the asteroid. At the end of its mission, it will attempt a landing on the surface of Dimorphos to obtain...

the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), when a probe crashed into Dimorphos to test lithobraking as a method of planetary defense. Successful lithobraking...

101955 Bennu and 2022 Double Asteroid Redirection Test on Dimorphos. Observations show that Dimorphos lost approximately 1 million kilograms of mass and had...

(November 24, 2021). "Nasa Dart asteroid spacecraft: Mission to smack Dimorphos space rock launches". BBC News. Archived from the original on January...

reached the system of 65803 Didymos and impacted the Apollo asteroid's moon Dimorphos, in a test of a method of planetary defense against near-Earth objects...

Binary near-Earth asteroid 65803 Didymos and its moon Dimorphos imaged by the Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft...

called Dimorphos with the help of the DART spacecraft. Following a ten-month journey to the Didymos system, the impactor collided with Dimorphos on 26...

been used for: 162173 Ryugu § Saxa 101955 Bennu § IAU named features Dimorphos § Surface Saxum is the Latin word for a rock. The feature name was introduced...

on 7 October that year to perform a post-impact survey of the asteroid Dimorphos which was deflected by NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission...

photographed and visited by a spacecraft prior to the DART mission to Dimorphos in 2022. Itokawa was discovered on 26 September 1998 by astronomers with...

government since 1945. September 26 NASA's DART crashes into the asteroid Dimorphos in a first test of potential planetary defense. The Nord Stream pipeline...

Test (DART), another asteroid-deflecting mission which collided with Dimorphos "2015 XF261". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 23 July 2024. "Object/Trajectory...

Bolivia and Peru 65803 Didymos, an asteroid forming a twin pair with Dimorphos (the target of the DART mission) Search for "didymus" on Wikipedia. The...

Redirection Test demonstrates capabilities on asteroid (65803) Didymos I Dimorphos. September 27 – 30: Hurricane Ian impacts Cuba and the US, causing catastrophic...

Crater in Arizona 50,000 years ago. 2024 YR4 is significantly smaller than Dimorphos, the impact target of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) in...

492 September 11, 1999 DART/LICIACube 2022 1.2 3.2 Impactor/flyby Moon Dimorphos impacted by DART spacecraft, flown by LICIACube 152830 Dinkinesh 0.790...

co-orbital with Venus 2011 UW158 436724 110±20 Apollo asteroid type S Dimorphos Didymos I 85±15 asteroid moon of 65803 Didymos 2017 BQ6 78 Apollo asteroid...

asteroid. First spacecraft to make contact with an asteroid moon (impact on Dimorphos). USA (NASA) DART 23 August 2023 First landing at the lunar south polar...

This year also saw the impact of Double Asteroid Redirection Test on Dimorphos marking the first time a planetary defense technique is tested, NASA's...

8 31.32 BIN JPL LoMP LCDB 65803 Didymos AMO 0.77 0.22 1996 0.75 2.259 Dimorphos S/2003 (65803) 1 2003 0.177 – 1.18 11.8992 BIN JPL LoMP LCDB (66063) 1998...

DART NASA 26 September 2022 flyby/impactor success kinetic impactor of Dimorphos to test planetary defense 2021-110A     LICIACube ASI 26 September 2022...