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Didymos & Dimorphos

Didymos & Dimorphos

By: Josslyn Wellck, Journalist
Asteroid Didymos and its small moonlet Dimorphos make up a binary asteroid system. The small moon (Dimorphos) orbits the larger body (Didymos). The two asteroids are not a threat to Earth, but since they pass pretty close to Earth, they were chosen as the target for NASA’s DART mission (Double Asteroid Redirection Test).
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