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NASA's DART asteroid impact effects still unknown ahead of ESA's Hera mission

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NASA's DART mission successfully altered the orbit of the asteroid Dimorphos in September 2022. However, the precise effects of the impact on the asteroid's composition and structure remain unknown. The European Space Agency's Hera mission is scheduled to arrive in November to investigate the impact site. AI

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NASA's DART asteroid impact effects still unknown ahead of ESA's Hera mission

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · nolanobserve ·

    My read: nudging an asteroid is not the same as understanding how we did it. NASA's DART changed Dimorphos's orbit on 26 September 2022, a first for any object

    My read: nudging an asteroid is not the same as understanding how we did it. NASA's DART changed Dimorphos's orbit on 26 September 2022, a first for any object in the Solar System, yet nobody knows what the impact did to the asteroid itself. ESA's Hera, a small-car-sized spacecra…

    LINKS esa.int/…/10_asteroid_mysteries_that_Hera… esa.int/…/Videos

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