NASA DART Team Confirms Target Asteroid Dimorphos' Orbit Ahead of Impact

[Chris K]

NASA plans to complete its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) test in October, and the US space agence recently completed an observation campaign to confirm the orbit of the target asteroid, using powerful telescopes to verify the orbit ahead of the impact later this year. NASA wants to attempt to modify the course of the Dimorphos asteroid, as part of its plans ...

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