Dimorphos
The small moon of the near-Earth asteroid Didymos and the impact target of NASA's DART mission — the first object whose orbit humans deliberately changed. ESA's Hera will survey the aftermath.
Imagery
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) command team at Johns Hopkins University
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) command team at Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory monitoring the DART spacecraft’s impact into the asteroid Dimorphos.
2022
NASA/LRC · NASA media (public domain)
Exploration
Knowledge connections
- Member of groupApollo asteroids
- Orbits65803 Didymos
- Visited byDART
- TargetsHera
- Impacted byDART
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.
- NASA JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory / Solar System Dynamics
Orbital data, ephemerides, and small-body parameters for planets, asteroids, and comets.