NASA’s DART spacecraft impact with asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in 2022 slightly changed the orbit of the Didymos–Dimorphos system around the Sun, according to a new study. Scientists found the system’s 770-day solar orbit shortened by about 0.15 seconds after the collision. NASA’s DART spacecraft impact with asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in 2022 slightly changed the orbit of the Didymos–Dimorphos system around the Sun, according to a new study. Scientists found the system’s 770-day solar orbit shortened by about 0.15 secon... [4496 chars]
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