![]() ![]() ![]() Though the asteroid will pose no threat to Earth, the spacecraft will be made to collide with it to change the asteroid's speed and path, as a test of NASA's ability to achieve a kinetic impact on an asteroid and observe its response, the space agency has said. This binary asteroid system Didymos is DART's target.ĭART will impact Dimorphos, aiming to change its orbit within the binary system. Smaller in size, Dimorphos has a diameter of around 160 metres and it orbits Didymos. ![]() Didymos has a diameter of around 780 metres, and is located at a distance of 487,446,221 kilometres from Earth. Didymos is composed of two asteroids, Didymos and Dimorphos. Photo: NASAĮarlier this year, DART got its first look at Didymos, a binary, near-Earth asteroid system. What Is DART's Target? Earlier this year, DART got its first look at asteroid Didymos and its orbiting moonlet Dimorphos. At 5:30 am IST, a media briefing will begin during which mission experts will give their insights into DART's impact with Dimorphos. The world can also watch the livestream on the official Facebook, Twitter and YouTube accounts of NASA.Īt 4:44 pm IST on Tuesday, DART will collide with asteroid Dimorphos. One can watch the live coverage of DART's impact with Dimorphos on NASA Television, and the space agency's official website. NASA will broadcast a televised briefing starting at 3:30 am IST on September 27, from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland. The world can watch the world's first planetary defence test online. When And How To Watch DART's Collision With An Asteroid ![]()
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