Derweil hat die NASA herausgefunden, dass der
#dartmisson Impact nicht nur die Umlaufzeit der beiden Asteroiden umeinander verändert hat, sondern auch die Umlaufzeit des Systems um die Sonne um ganze 0.15s
#sciencerocks https://www.nasa.gov/missions/dart/nasas-dart-mission-changed-orbit-of-asteroid-didymos-around-sun/
NASA’s DART Mission Changed Orbit of Asteroid Didymos Around Sun - NASA
New research reveals that when NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft intentionally impacted the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in September
New #DARTMisson related paper! Observations of boulders knocked from a Dimorphos during the DART impact and subsequently tracked by HST!
Press release: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-008
Paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ace1ec
#Astrodon
Dr. Manuel Metz
Andy Rivkin