Saturday, March 14, 2026

NASA's DART Mission Also Changed Didymos' Orbit Around Sun

This image of asteroids Didymos, left, and Dimorphos was captured by NASA’s DART mission a few seconds before the spacecraft smashed into Dimorphos on Sept. 26th, 2022. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL

The spacecraft changed the binary system’s orbit, confirming that a kinetic impactor can be an effective planetary defense technique for deflecting a near-Earth object.



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