DART impact provided real-time data on evolution of asteroid's debris (IMAGE)

University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering

DART impact provided real-time data on evolution of asteroid's debris

Caption

These three panels capture the breakup of the asteroid Dimorphos when it was deliberately hit by NASA's 1,200-pound Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission spacecraft on September 26, 2022. Hubble Space Telescope had a ringside view of the space demolition derby. The top panel, taken 2 hours after impact, shows an ejecta cone of an estimated 1,000 tons of dust.

Credit

NASA, ESA, STScI, Jian-Yang Li (PSI)

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