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NASA's DART spacecraft changed an asteroid's orbit around the sun
L: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/spacecraft-changed-asteroid-orbit-nasa
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47303044
posted on 2026.03.08 at 20:00:05 (c=0, p=6)

NASA’s DART spacecraft changed an asteroid’s orbit around the sun

A 2022 NASA mission changed the orbit of the asteroid Dimorphos around its companion. New data shows their joint orbit around the sun also changed.

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