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DART’s one-way trip is to the Didymos asteroid system, which comprises a pair of asteroids. DART’s target was the moonlet, Dimorphos, which is approximately 530 feet (160 meters) in diameter. The moonlet orbits Didymos, which is approximately 2,560 feet (780 meters) in diameter.
DART showed that a spacecraft can autonomously navigate to a target asteroid and intentionally collide with it – a method of deflection called kinetic impact. The test will provide important data to help better prepare for an asteroid that might pose an impact hazard to Earth, should one ever be discovered.
DART Successfully made impact on 9/26/2022.
Patch measures approximately 4" by 3.75".
