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. 2023 May 26;14(1):3055.
doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-38705-0.

Impact observations of asteroid Dimorphos via Light Italian CubeSat for imaging of asteroids (LICIACube)

Elisabetta Dotto  1 , Angelo Zinzi  2
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Impact observations of asteroid Dimorphos via Light Italian CubeSat for imaging of asteroids (LICIACube)

Elisabetta Dotto et al. Nat Commun. .

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Abstract

On September 26th 2022, LICIACube monitored Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission impact on asteroid Dimorphos, which is the smaller component of a binary asteroid system. These close observations revealed the impact ejecta features of the first planetary defence test with a kinetic impactor.

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Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1. LICIACube LEIA image of the Didymos-Dimorphos system after the DART impact.
The structure of the ejecta plume is visible from the imaging at 82 km distance from Dimorphos (Credits ASI/NASA).
See this image and copyright information in PMC

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