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Publish Date: | Sat, 24 Sep 2022 12:01 PM (IST)
DART Mission Full Details. A spacecraft of the US space company NASA will collide with an enormous asteroid on September 26 and it will even be broadcast dwell by NASA. Mission Officer Nancy Chabot of NASA’s Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory informed concerning the Dart mission that the spacecraft will not destroy the asteroid however will hit it onerous. Nancy Chabot is main this mission.
Spacecraft prepared for collision, countdown begins
The countdown has begun for the US space company NASA’s Dart mission to hit an asteroid. NASA’s spacecraft will hit the asteroid at a pace of 24000 km per hour. Asteroid and spacecraft collision might change the way forward for Earth. In truth, if there’s a slight change in the place of the asteroid due to this collision, then in future we will find a way to change the route of meteorites coming in direction of Earth.
Will be 10.8 million km away from Earth on September 26
NASA has knowledgeable that NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test was launched in November final yr. After an extended journey of about 1 yr, it’s going to collide with a small asteroid named Dimorphos, which revolves round a Didymos. Didymos and Dimorphos will be closest to Earth in late September. On September 26, their distance from Earth will be 10.8 million km. The Dart mission will collide on September 26 and this collision could be seen dwell on NASA TV and YouTube channel.
Earth’s future could also be safe
NASA scientists say that anybody watching this collision can see the change in the brightness of the asteroid after the collision of the spacecraft. The spacecraft that will collide with the asteroid has been ready for $325 million. The width of the asteroid is 525 toes large and this space rock at the moment poses no menace to the Earth.
Mission will achieve success in simply 73 seconds
Mission Officer Nancy Chabot of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory reported that Dimorphos completes one revolution of Didymos each 11 hours and 55 minutes. After hitting the dart, Dimorphos will decelerate and transfer nearer to the bigger asteroid. This change will be measured with a telescope on Earth. The minimal change in pace for mission success is 73 seconds.
Posted By: Sandeep Chourey
