Momentum Transfer from the DART Mission Kinetic Impact on Asteroid Dimorphos
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Published in Nature · View the paper (DOI)
The Politecnico di Milano has successfully contributed to the DART mission, a historic planetary defense test that deflected an asteroid's trajectory. The mission's scientific results reveal the effectiveness of kinetic impact technology in planetary defense and provide insights into the structure and evolution of binary asteroids.
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- Aerospace: research by the Politecnico di Milano protagonist of the launch of the NASA DART impactor Politecnico di Milano · Mar 1, 2023 · first to report
- New NASA DART data prove viability of asteroid deflection as planetary defense strategy University of Maryland · Mar 1, 2023
- DART successfully deflected the orbit of an asteroid, but by how much? University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering · Mar 1, 2023