A benchmarking and sensitivity study of the full two-body gravitational dynamics of the DART mission target, binary asteroid 65803 Didymos
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DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113849
Abstract: Abstract NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is designed to be the first demonstration of a kinetic impactor for planetary defense against a small-body impact hazard. The target is the smaller component of the binary… read more here.
Keywords: didymos; full two; sensitivity; two body ... See more keywords
Recent collisional history of (65803) Didymos
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48094-7
Abstract: The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART, NASA) spacecraft revealed that the primary of the (65803) Didymos near-Earth asteroid (NEA) binary system is not exactly the expected spinning top shape observed for other km-size asteroids. Ground… read more here.
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The geology and evolution of the Near-Earth binary asteroid system (65803) Didymos
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50146-x
Abstract: Images collected during NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission provide the first resolved views of the Didymos binary asteroid system. These images reveal that the primary asteroid, Didymos, is flattened and has plausible undulations… read more here.
Keywords: didymos; system; asteroid system; geology ... See more keywords