Double Asteroid Redirection Test
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title:
Double Asteroid Redirection Test
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Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was a NASA space mission aimed at testing a method of planetary defense against near-Earth objects (NEOs). It was designed to assess how much a spacecraft impact deflects an asteroid through its transfer of momentum when hitting the asteroid head-on. The selected target asteroid, Dimorphos, is a minor-planet moon of the asteroid Didymos; neither asteroid poses an impact threat to Earth, but their joint characteristics made them an ideal benchmarking target
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2021 NASA planetary defense mission
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Asteroid_Redirection_Test
date created:
2017-06-30T19:46:35Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T18:11:03Z
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