SagemanKR t1_jaltxwz wrote on March 2, 2023 at 10:20 AM Reply to NASA’s DART data validates kinetic impact as planetary defense method | DART altered the orbit of the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos by 33 minutes by mepper The initial goal was to reduce Dimorphos' orbit period by (minimum) 73 seconds. The impact surpassed the benchmark by more than 25 times! Permalink 3
SagemanKR t1_jaltxwz wrote
Reply to NASA’s DART data validates kinetic impact as planetary defense method | DART altered the orbit of the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos by 33 minutes by mepper
The initial goal was to reduce Dimorphos' orbit period by (minimum) 73 seconds.
The impact surpassed the benchmark by more than 25 times!