The orbit of the asteroid Dimorphos was successfully altered after a spacecraft purposely crashed into it a couple of weeks ago.
While the change-in-orbit time data marked DART a success, scientists still have a lot more to dig into, like the “efficiency of momentum transfer” from the spacecraft’s collision with the asteroid. Astronomers will also be further analyzing the “many tons” of rock blown off Dimorphos and shot into space after the crash.
“This result is one important step toward understanding the full effect of DART’s impact with its target asteroid,” Lori Glaze, director of NASA’s Planetary Science Division, said. “As new data come in each day, astronomers will be able to better assess whether, and how, a mission like DART could be used in the future to help protect Earth from a collision with an asteroid if we ever discover one headed our way.
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