DART & HERA, NASA/ESA Asteroid Redirection Missions |
DART & HERA, NASA/ESA Asteroid Redirection Missions |
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![]() Merciless Robot ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 ![]() |
Surprised we didn't already have a thread. DART launched successfully at 0621 UTC today (23 Nov 21). Mission page here, encounter (as in collision) with small satellite of 65803 Didymos in late Sep/early Oct 2022.
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This is a better image of the night side of Dimorphos. There is lots to see. Too bad this won't work on Didymos, where there is no suitable light source.
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This is a better image of the night side of Dimorphos... Amazing work! So many new details from so few stray photons! Dimorphos looks more elongated than I thought. And this illuminated boulder is really huge - I estimate over 40 m long (the largest on this side of the moon). [As for Roman's processing of pictures, I MUST say he has great talent] |
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