Impact observations of asteroid Dimorphos via Light Italian CubeSat for imaging of asteroids (LICIACube).
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 37236977.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-38705-0 and PMC identifier 10220005.
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Abstract
On September 26<sup>th</sup> 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.