The last time we saw similarly dramtic footage was when we saw OSIRIS-REx do a “pogo-stick” — and lift about a cubic ton of material, off of another asteriod (called Bennu) about fifteen months ago….
This also promises to generate some very interesting footage — and the fine people across the pond, at the European Space Agency, have provided the base graphic at right for a sense of scale.
…The 160 meter diameter Dimorphos asteroid compared to Rome’s Colosseum….
NASA’s DART spacecraft will collide with the Dimorphos moonlet, in orbit around the larger 780 meter diameter Didymos asteroid, in a bid to change its orbit. In 2026, ESA’s Hera spacecraft will arrive at the Didymos system to perform a close-up survey of the deflected asteroid….
Do stay tuned, later on Monday night! Grin… with a CGI imagined version below, now:
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