Introduction to Dimorphos
Let's dive into the details surrounding Dimorphos. Countdown to impact as NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) attempts humanity's first-ever test of planetary defense!
Dimorphos Comprehensive Overview
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft beamed back its final moments before colliding with the asteroid The final five-and-a-half minutes of images leading up to the DART spacecraft's intentional collision with asteroid This animation shows how DART's impact on
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet'
Summary & Highlights for Dimorphos
- The spacecraft crashed into an asteroid the size of the Washington Monument. NASA's DART spacecraft intentionally collided with ...
- An old movie from my PhD defense, showing the onset of tumbling resulting from a DART-like impact. This is a "real" simulation, ...
- Real NASA images of the DART impact with
- Right now, somewhere between Mars and Earth, a rock the size of a skyscraper is silently tumbling through space — spinning so ...
- This movie captures the breakup of the asteroid
That wraps up our extensive overview of Dimorphos.