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Didymos and Dimorphos after DART collision, Cedric Raguenaud
Didymos and Dimorphos after DART collision, Cedric Raguenaud

Didymos and Dimorphos after DART collision

Didymos and Dimorphos after DART collision, Cedric Raguenaud
Didymos and Dimorphos after DART collision, Cedric Raguenaud

Didymos and Dimorphos after DART collision

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Following a ten-month journey to the Didymos system, DART collided with Dimorphos on 26 September 2022 at a speed of around 15,000 miles per hour (24,000 kilometres per hour). The collision successfully decreased Dimorphos' orbital period by 32 minutes. In doing so, a lot of dust was ejected from Dimorphos which became a comet-like tail at about 60 degrees with the direction of movement of the system.

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Didymos and Dimorphos after DART collision, Cedric Raguenaud

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