#DART #asteroid-smasher released 37 boulders with atomic bomb damage potential
Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) goal was to divert the moonlet #Dimorphos from its #orbit, to demonstrate that an asteroid could be redirected in the case of a catastrophic course toward Earth. 
The spacecraft’s impact, while altering the moonlet’s orbit, also resulted in the dispersal of 37 boulders, some as wide as 22 feet, off its surface. https://www.earth.com/news/dart-mission-released-boulders-with-the-explosive-capacity-of-an-atomic-bomb/

Una nube de metralla espacial, efecto indeseado de la misión DART

El impacto intencionado de la misión DART de la NASA para desviar la ruta del asteroide Dimorphos ha provocado una nube indeseada de metralla espacial.

https://www.europapress.es/ciencia/misiones-espaciales/noticia-nube-metralla-espacial-efecto-indeseado-mision-dart-20230809130102.html

#astronomia #ciencia #Dimorphos #dart

'Swarm of boulders' in space shows the gory aftermath of #NASA's #asteroid-smashing #DART mission

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) has left a vast field of rubble strewn around asteroid Dimorphos, Hubble images show.

By Ben Turner, July 22, 2023

"The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted the gory aftermath of the first-ever intentional collision between a spacecraft and an asteroid, revealing a debris field of at least 37 'boulders"' flung thousands of miles into space.

"On Sept. 26, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft disintegrated as it smashed into the asteroid #Dimorphos, which is 7 million miles (11 million kilometers) from Earth, successfully changing the asteroid's trajectory.

"Now, by using Hubble to study the impact, astronomers have found that DART's roughly 14,540 mph (23,400 km/h) impact on the asteroid produced a 'swarm of boulders.' The rocks, which range from 3 to 22 feet (0.9 to 6.7 meters) in diameter, were most likely shaken loose from the asteroid's surface during the impact. The researchers published their findings July 20 in The Astrophysical Journal Letters."

https://www.livescience.com/space/asteroids/swarm-of-boulders-in-space-shows-the-gory-aftermath-of-nasas-asteroid-smashing-dart-mission
#DontLookUp #JustLookUp #Space #Asteroids

🇪🇺 #ESA : When #NASA deliberately slammed the half-tonne #DART impactor #spacecraft into #Dimorphos at approximately 22 500 kilometres per hour, 37 boulders from 1 metre to 6.7 metres across may have been ejected https://esahubble.org/news/heic2307

Katyanna Quach - NASA's DART kicked up swarm of 37 boulders after Dimorphos asteroid crash:

https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/21/dart_dimorphos_ejection/

#Dimorphos #Didymos #DoubleAsteroidRedirection #AsteroidRedirection #Asteroid #DART #KineticImpactor #NASA #PlanetaryDefense #Astronomy

#DART vs #Dimorphos
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230309.html

#APOD

Hubble captures movie of DART asteroid impact debris.
#ESA #NASA #Hubble #DART #Asteroid #Dimorphos
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Hubble_captures_movie_of_DART_asteroid_impact_debris

DART: Rammtest erzeugte Schweif-Phänomen.Form der Ejekta könnte Phänomen der geschweiften Asteroiden erklären. #DART #Asteroid #Dimorphos #DARTMission #Schweif #Astronomie
https://www.scinexx.de/news/kosmos/dart-rammtest-erzeugte-schweif-phaenomen/

Den Asteroiden #Dimorphos hat die @nasa und @esa im September mit einer Sonde weggeschubst.
🛰🌐
Sollte Bruce Willis verhindert sein, hätten wir also noch einen Plan B.

https://t3n.de/news/dart-mission-nasa-weltall-weltraumschutt-1521882/

This is the first end-of-2022 feature about the #DARTMission I have found that includes the very last image of #Dimorphos.

RT @esa@twitter.com

#ESAHighlight2022: #AsteroidImpact confirmed!!!🛰️💥🪨

Congratulations, @NASA@twitter.com! #DARTMission is no more, but we excitedly await the results.

Next, ESA's #HeraMission flies out to study DART's impact. 👉https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/esa/status/1608779940366897152

This antenna will also do the radio science to measure the mass of #Dimorphos and give a better value for how efficient the #DARTMission impact was at pushing it around.

RT @ESA_Tech@twitter.com

This antenna will send back the first close-up images of the distant #Dimorphos #asteroid since its orbit was shifted by an impact with @NASA@twitter.com & @JHUAPL@twitter.com's #DARTMission. The High Gain Antenna of @ESA@twitter.com's #HeraMission is being tested at #ESATech centre #ESTEC https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2022/12/How_Hera_asteroid_mission_will_phone_home

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ESA_Tech/status/1605835330585780225

Einschlag der Nasa-Raumsonde Dart schleudert rund 1.000 Tonnen Asteroidenmaterial ins All
https://t3n.de/news/einschlag-nasa-raumsonde-1-000-tonnen-asteroidenmaterial-1521882/ #Nasa #Raumsonde #Dart #Dimorphos

L'impatto dal sonda #DART sull'asteroide #Dimorphos il 26 settembre scorso ha sollevato circa mille tonnellate di materiale roccioso
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/early-results-from-nasa-s-dart-mission

"Dimorphos heeft nog steeds een staart".

Niet alleen de baan van #Dimorphos, na de impact met #DART, is veranderd maar de asteroïde heeft ook een 10.000 km lange inslagafval-staart.

Over 4 jaar gaat #HERA de crime-scene van dichtbij bekijken.

https://www.heramission.space/

NASA bestätigt #Orbit-Änderung nach #DART-#Einschlag auf #Dimorphos

https://www.astropage.eu/2022/10/13/nasa-bestaetigt-orbit-aenderung-nach-dart-einschlag-auf-dimorphos/

#Didymos, #Umlaufbahn, #Asteroid, #Abwehr, #Verteidigung, #Kollision

#SpaceMission #DARTMission #NASA #asteroids #Didymos #Dimorphos #LICIACube

In a press conference, NASA confirmed the success of its DART mission after ascertaining that the orbit of asteroid Dimorphos was changed by the impact of the spacecraft. According to calculations, Dimorphos now orbits the asteroid Didymos in 11 hours and 23 minutes while before the impact, it took 11 hours and 55 minutes for each orbit.

Read the details at https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2022/10/12/the-dart-space-probe-has-changed-the-orbit-of-asteroid-dimorphos/

International Collaboration Attempts Didymos Observation in Arabian Desert https://unistellaroptics.com/international-collaboration-attempts-didymos-observation-in-arabian-desert/ #asteroidswithmoons #planetarydefense #citizenscience #occultation #dimorphos #asteroid #dart-en #didymos #dart

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft has successfully altered orbit of #Dimorphos, a tiny asteroid in Solar System, by intentionally smashing into it several weeks ago.
It's first time humans have purposely changed motion of a celestial object & first full-scale demonstration of asteroid deflection technology.
#Science

#Nasa: l'impatto della sonda #Dart ha modificato la traiettoria dell'asteroide #Dimorphos

https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2022/10/nasa-limpatto-della-sonda-dart-ha-modificato-la-traiettoria-dellasteroide-dimorphos-532725b4-8414-4f23-8d7a-cf457d395d83.html