Comments on: DART hits Dimorphus

By: Tom Hill

Tom Hill — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 11:57:53 +0000

First photos are in from LICIACube. https://gizmodo.com/liciacube-images-dart-asteroid-impact-1849585958

By: Robert Zimmerman

Robert Zimmerman — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 17:12:43 +0000

In reply to Robert Zimmerman. Ray Van Dune: Found it, and have posted a link.

By: markedup2

markedup2 — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 16:58:26 +0000

But the most important question: Was anyone wearing a found-to-be-inappropriate shirt?

By: Robert Zimmerman

Robert Zimmerman — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 16:53:12 +0000

In reply to Ray Van Dune. Ray Van Dune: Can you provide a link to this imagery?

By: Ray Van Dune

Ray Van Dune — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 16:38:14 +0000

I saw a short clip of the impact from an Earth-based telescope and the cloud of debris was impressive, especially the speed at which it expanded, which implies a lot of momentum was transferred!

One problem was that the clip I saw had no indication of the direction from which the probe approached, so you don’t know if the cloud was ejected from the impact crater back toward the direction of impact, or off the “back” of the target in the direction of impact. Anyone have any better info?

By: Col Beausabre

Col Beausabre — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 03:59:07 +0000

Ray, Totally agree. I often jist turn the sound off and let the story tell itself

By: GaryMike

GaryMike — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 03:45:27 +0000

I’m glad to live at a time when all those broken rock fragments aren’t still being made in such great numbers.

By: Klystron

Klystron — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 02:42:13 +0000

(Rubble pile belches after swallowing tiny Earth probe)

By: Ray Van Dune

Ray Van Dune — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 02:05:12 +0000

During the late stages of the approach, someone in Mission Control said the “miss distance” was 17 meters. Since the center of mass could certainly only be derived from the optical profile of the target, I think we can safely proclaim it a “bullseye”! Nice work, APL!

By: wayne

wayne — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 00:34:21 +0000

ST: Original Series
“Spock explains the Asteroid Situation”
https://youtu.be/T8_-CBCzDVU
1:41

By: BtB’s Original Mark

BtB’s Original Mark — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 00:06:50 +0000

DART has made History!
A huge win for Planetary Defense & in the next weeks we’ll evaluate the results of the impact.
I wonder how many Astronomers are at their Telescopes now starting their observations measuring how much the orbit of asteroid Dimorphos changed after impact of NASA’s DART spacecraft.
Mr. Z – any insight as to the involvement of Hubble & the Lucy Spacecraft in those measurements?

By: Ray Van Dune

Ray Van Dune — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 00:05:06 +0000

When will “color commentators” learn to shut up and let people listen, at the very least in the last minute or so?!