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Orbit of Dimorphos Confirmed by DART Team

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Tom Patton
Aug 31, 2022
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The DART team has confirmed the orbit of Dimorphos following a six-night observation campaign using some of the world’s most powerful telescopes.

“We really have high confidence now that the asteroid system is well understood and we are set up to understand what happens after impact.”

Astronomer Nick Moskovitz.

Dimorphos is the target of the DART program's…

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