Impact observations of asteroid Dimorphos via Light Italian CubeSat for imaging of asteroids (LICIACube)

Elisabetta Dotto () and Angelo Zinzi
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Elisabetta Dotto: INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma
Angelo Zinzi: ASI, SSDC, Via del Politecnico s.n.c.

Nature Communications, 2023, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-3

Abstract: On September 26th 2022, LICIACube monitored Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission impact on asteroid Dimorphos, which is the smaller component of a binary asteroid system. These close observations revealed the impact ejecta features of the first planetary defence test with a kinetic impactor.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38705-0

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