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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
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                                 2022 September 29   
      
                          DART Asteroid Impact from Space   
                             Image Credit: ASI / NASA   
      
      Explanation: Fifteen days before impact, the DART spacecraft deployed a   
      small companion satellite to document its historic planetary defense   
      technology demonstration. Provided by the Italian Space Agency, the   
      Light Italian CubeSat for Imaging Asteroids, aka LICIACube, recorded   
      this image of the event's aftermath. A cloud of ejecta is seen near the   
      right edge of the frame captured only minutes following DART's impact   
      with target asteroid Dimorphos while LICIACube was about 80 kilometers   
      away. Presently about 11 million kilometers from Earth, 160 meter   
      diameter Dimorphos is a moonlet orbiting 780 meter diameter asteroid   
      Didymos. Didymos is seen off center in the LICIACube image. Over the   
      coming weeks, ground-based telescopic observations will look for a   
      small change in Dimorphos' orbit around Didymos to evaluate how   
      effectively the DART impact deflected its target.   
      
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