Momentum transfer from the DART mission kinetic impact on asteroid Dimorphos

AF Cheng, HF Agrusa, BW Barbee, AJ Meyer… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission performed a kinetic
impact on asteroid Dimorphos, the satellite of the binary asteroid (65803) Didymos, at 23: 14 …

Light curves and colours of the ejecta from Dimorphos after the DART impact

A Graykowski, RA Lambert, F Marchis, D Cazeneuve… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract On 26 September 2022, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft
struck Dimorphos, a satellite of the asteroid 65803 Didymos. Because it is a binary system, it …

The bearing capacity of asteroid (65803) Didymos estimated from boulder tracks

J Bigot, P Lombardo, N Murdoch, DJ Scheeres… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The bearing capacity-the ability of a surface to support applied loads-is an important
parameter for understanding and predicting the response of a surface. Previous work has …

Mechanical properties of rubble pile asteroids (Dimorphos, Itokawa, Ryugu, and Bennu) through surface boulder morphological analysis

CQ Robin, A Duchene, N Murdoch, JB Vincent… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Planetary defense efforts rely on estimates of the mechanical properties of asteroids, which
are difficult to constrain accurately from Earth. The mechanical properties of asteroid …

The dimorphos boulder swarm

D Jewitt, Y Kim, J Li, M Mutchler - The Astrophysical Journal …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract We present deep Hubble Space Telescope images taken to examine the ejecta
from the DART spacecraft impact into asteroid Dimorphos. The images reveal an extensive …

The geology and evolution of the Near-Earth binary asteroid system (65803) Didymos

O Barnouin, RL Ballouz, S Marchi, JB Vincent… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Images collected during NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission provide
the first resolved views of the Didymos binary asteroid system. These images reveal that the …

Characterization of the Ejecta from the NASA/DART Impact on Dimorphos: Observations and Monte Carlo Models

F Moreno, AC Bagatin, G Tancredi, JY Li… - The Planetary …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft successfully
crashed on Dimorphos, the secondary component of the binary (65803) Didymos system …

Impact observations of asteroid Dimorphos via Light Italian CubeSat for imaging of asteroids (LICIACube)

E Dotto, A Zinzi - nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
On September 26th 2022, LICIACube monitored Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)
mission impact on asteroid Dimorphos, which is the smaller component of a binary asteroid …

The First Lucy Earth Flyby (EGA1)

JR Spencer, JF Bell, PR Christensen… - Space Science …, 2024 - Springer
The Lucy spacecraft successfully performed the first of two Earth Gravity Assist maneuvers
on October 16th 2022, flying 360 km above the Earth's surface at 11: 04 UT. The flyby was …

The Dimorphos ejecta plume properties revealed by LICIACube

E Dotto, JDP Deshapriya, I Gai, PH Hasselmann… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) had an impact with Dimorphos (a
satellite of the asteroid Didymos) on 26 September 2022. Ground-based observations …