On the importance of studying asteroids: A comprehensive review

M Azadmanesh, J Roshanian… - Progress in Aerospace …, 2023 - Elsevier
This comprehensive study delves into the significance of asteroid research and proposes a
systematic classification consisting of seven distinct categories. Initially, a concise definition …

Momentum transfer from the DART mission kinetic impact on asteroid Dimorphos

AF Cheng, HF Agrusa, BW Barbee, AJ Meyer… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission performed a kinetic
impact on asteroid Dimorphos, the satellite of the binary asteroid (65803) Didymos, at 23: 14 …

The ESA Hera mission: detailed characterization of the DART impact outcome and of the binary asteroid (65803) Didymos

P Michel, M Küppers, AC Bagatin, B Carry… - The planetary …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Hera is a planetary defense mission under development in the Space Safety and Security
Program of the European Space Agency for launch in 2024 October. It will rendezvous in …

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART): planetary defense investigations and requirements

AS Rivkin, NL Chabot, AM Stickle… - The Planetary …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is a Planetary Defense mission,
designed to demonstrate the kinetic impactor technique on (65803) Didymos I Dimorphos …

Effects of impact and target parameters on the results of a kinetic impactor: predictions for the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission

AM Stickle, ME DeCoster, C Burger… - The planetary …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft will impact into the
asteroid Dimorphos on 2022 September 26 as a test of the kinetic impactor technique for …

Characterization of the Ejecta from the NASA/DART Impact on Dimorphos: Observations and Monte Carlo Models

F Moreno, AC Bagatin, G Tancredi, JY Li… - The Planetary …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft successfully
crashed on Dimorphos, the secondary component of the binary (65803) Didymos system …

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

E Dotto, A Zinzi - nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
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 …

Planetary defense with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission and prospects

AS Rivkin, AF Cheng - nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission intentionally impacted the
asteroid Dimorphos on September 26, 2022, and this kinetic impact changed Dimorphos' …

Pre-encounter predictions of DART impact ejecta behavior and observability

EG Fahnestock, AF Cheng, S Ivanovski… - The Planetary …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We overview various efforts within the DART Investigation Team's Ejecta Working Group to
predict the characteristics, quantity, dynamical behavior, and observability of DART impact …

The Dimorphos ejecta plume properties revealed by LICIACube

E Dotto, JDP Deshapriya, I Gai, PH Hasselmann… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) had an impact with Dimorphos (a
satellite of the asteroid Didymos) on 26 September 2022. Ground-based observations …