That Test Of A Kinetic Impactor

Here’s the strike of DART on the asteroid Didymos on radar:

Dr. Philllips of Spaceweather.com comments:

This was the result of the 1,340-pound spacecraft plunging into Dimorphos at 14,000 mph. Most of the debris is probably asteroid dust, but some of DART may be in there, too. A similar video was recorded by the 1-meter Lesedi telescope in South Africa.

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