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Does anyone know the impact angle? I.e. the angle between the trajectories of DART and Dimorphos prior to impact? I expect that a 90 degree angle would maximiz
by tromp 4y ago
Does anyone know the impact angle? I.e. the angle between the trajectories of DART and Dimorphos prior to impact?
I expect that a 90 degree angle would maximize the effect but would also make it hardest to hit the target.
- pas 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Asteroid_Redirection_Test#/media/File:Dart-poster3.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Asteroid_Redirection_Te... They hit it "head on" ... or you mean the actual angle? > Other work Ernst and her colleagues are doing recreates the impact itself. They calculated that the spacecraft flew in on a trajectory about 73 degrees above the local surface. "So not quite vertical, but pretty close," she said. https://www.space.com/dart-asteroid-smash-mission-impact-details https://www.space.com/dart-asteroid-smash-mission-impact-det...