Two-body orbit from published elements
DART is placed by solving a Keplerian orbit around didymos at the simulation time (a = 25 km, e = 0.3, period 3 d). Shown from 2022-09-11 until 2022-09-26.
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test, the first full-scale planetary defense experiment.
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DART is placed by solving a Keplerian orbit around didymos at the simulation time (a = 25 km, e = 0.3, period 3 d). Shown from 2022-09-11 until 2022-09-26.
DART: mass 6.100 × 10^2 kg. These values are bundled with the object record and drive the rendered size.
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