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Nat Commun. 2023 May 26;14(1):3055. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-38705-0.
On September 26 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.
2022 年 9 月 26 日,LICIACube 对双小行星重定向测试(DART)任务撞击小行星 Dimorphos 进行了监测,Dimorphos 是双星小行星系统中的较小天体。这些近距离观测揭示了首例使用动能撞击器进行的行星防御测试的撞击喷出物特征。