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

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  • Elisabetta Dotto

    (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma)

  • Angelo Zinzi

    (ASI, SSDC, Via del Politecnico s.n.c.)

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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 system. These close observations revealed the impact ejecta features of the first planetary defence test with a kinetic impactor.

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  • Elisabetta Dotto & Angelo Zinzi, 2023. "Impact observations of asteroid Dimorphos via Light Italian CubeSat for imaging of asteroids (LICIACube)," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-3, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-38705-0
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38705-0
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