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MEYER , Alex J.

Last name: MEYER

First name: Alex J.

2021 (v1)

Journal article

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Libration-induced Orbit Period Variations Following the DART Impact

Meyer, Alex J. Gkolias, Ioannis Gaitanas, Michalis

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission will be the first test of a kinetic impactor as a means of planetary defense. In late 2022, DART will collide with Dimorphos, the secondary in the Didymos binary asteroid system. The impact will cause a momentum transfer from the spacecraft to the binary asteroid, changing the orbit period of...

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