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    significantly deformed Dimorphos into an ellipsoidal shape or may have sent it into a chaotically tumbling rotation. If Dimorphos was in a tumbling rotation...
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    shortened Dimorphos' orbit by 32 minutes, greatly in excess of the pre-defined success threshold of 73 seconds. DART's success in deflecting Dimorphos was due...
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    B comes from the word "Dimorphos", Greek for "having two forms". The meaning of the name represents how the form of Dimorphos's orbit will change after...
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    its Dimorphos satellite at a relative speed of about 6.6 km/s. The impact must change the rotation (? orbital) period (11.9 hours) of Dimorphos around...
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    spacecraft, or DART, was launched in 2021 and intentionally impacted Dimorphos in September 2022, successfully altering its orbit by crashing into it...
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    Prior to Dimorphos Impact". NASA. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022. "DART's Small Satellite Companion Tests Camera Prior to Dimorphos Impact"...
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    and deformation of Dimorphos's shape, leaving an impact crater several tens of meters in diameter. The impact has likely sent Dimorphos into a chaotically...
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    SpaceX Falcon 9 from California on a trajectory designed to impact the Dimorphos asteroid. Scientists were seeking to determine whether an impact could...
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  • of Dimorphos. It will operate for 3–6 months near the asteroid. At the end of its mission, it will attempt a landing on the surface of Dimorphos to obtain...
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    Retrieved December 7, 2023. "Nasa Dart asteroid spacecraft: Mission to smack Dimorphos space rock launches". BBC News. November 24, 2021. Archived from the original...
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