Hubble image archive
Surface Image of Dimorphos
This is the last complete image of the asteroid Dimorphos, as seen by NASA's DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) impactor spacecraft two seconds before impact. The Didymos Reconnaissance and Asteroid Camera for Optical navigation (DRACO) imager aboard captured a 100-foot-wide...
- Date
- Jan 1, 2023
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2023-008-01h532gz4wgwc0smqx8kw6x892
This is the last complete image of the asteroid Dimorphos, as seen by NASA's DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) impactor spacecraft two seconds before impact. The Didymos Reconnaissance and Asteroid Camera for Optical navigation (DRACO) imager aboard captured a 100-foot-wide patch of the asteroid. The DART spacecraft streamed these images from its DRACO camera back to Earth in real time as it approached the asteroid. DART successfully impacted its target on September 26, 2022.
Credits
Image
NASA, APL
Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Dimorphos |
| Object Description | Image of Dimorphos taken 2 seconds before impact |
| Dimensions | The image shows a patch of the asteroid that is 100 feet (31 meters) across |
| About The Data | |
| Instrument | DART> DRACO Imager |
| Exposure Dates | 26 Sept 2022 |
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Source
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