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 …

The physical properties of meteorites

D Ostrowski, K Bryson - Planetary and Space Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Meteorites provide vast amounts of information on the make up and history of the solar
system. Physical properties are a critical component to provide this information. This is a …

LICIACube-the Light Italian Cubesat for Imaging of Asteroids in support of the NASA DART mission towards asteroid (65803) Didymos

E Dotto, V Della Corte, M Amoroso, I Bertini… - Planetary and Space …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract “LICIACube–the Light Italian Cubesat for Imaging of Asteroids” is managed by the
Italian Space Agency (ASI) and will be part of the NASA DART mission, with the aim of i) …

Radar observations and a physical model of binary near-Earth asteroid 65803 Didymos, target of the DART mission

SP Naidu, LAM Benner, M Brozovic, MC Nolan… - Icarus, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Near-Earth asteroid Didymos is a binary system and the target of the proposed
Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission (Cheng et al., 2016), which is a planetary …

AIDA DART asteroid deflection test: Planetary defense and science objectives

AF Cheng, AS Rivkin, P Michel, J Atchison… - Planetary and Space …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment (AIDA) mission is an international
cooperation between NASA and ESA. NASA plans to provide the Double Asteroid …

Small solar system bodies as granular media

D Hestroffer, P Sánchez, L Staron, AC Bagatin… - The Astronomy and …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Asteroids and other Small Solar System Bodies (SSSBs) are of high general and
scientific interest in many aspects. The origin, formation, and evolution of our Solar System …

European component of the AIDA mission to a binary asteroid: Characterization and interpretation of the impact of the DART mission

P Michel, M Kueppers, H Sierks, I Carnelli… - Advances in Space …, 2018 - Elsevier
The European component of the joint ESA-NASA Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment
(AIDA) mission has been redesigned from the original version called Asteroid Impact …

The excited spin state of Dimorphos resulting from the DART impact

HF Agrusa, I Gkolias, K Tsiganis, DC Richardson… - Icarus, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is a planetary defense-
driven test of a kinetic impactor on Dimorphos, the satellite of the binary asteroid 65803 …

Science case for the asteroid impact mission (AIM): a component of the asteroid impact & deflection assessment (AIDA) mission

P Michel, A Cheng, M Küppers, P Pravec, J Blum… - Advances in Space …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment (AIDA) mission is a joint cooperation
between European and US space agencies that consists of two separate and independent …

DART mission determination of momentum transfer: Model of ejecta plume observations

AF Cheng, AM Stickle, EG Fahnestock, E Dotto… - Icarus, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft will impact the
secondary member of the [65803] Didymos binary in order to perform the first demonstration …