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Dimorphos is a moonlet of the larger, 780 m (2,560 ft) asteroid Didymos, making one revolution around its parent rock every 11 hours and 55 minutes.
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 12 Oct. 2022
At various points before, during, or after the impact, the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope observed DART’s target: the tiny moonlet Dimorphos, which orbits a larger asteroid called Didymos.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
Many had already deemed the mission successful after NASA shared footage of the DART spacecraft slamming into Dimorphos, a moonlet asteroid orbiting another larger asteroid.
—Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 12 Oct. 2022
Before the impact, scientists estimated DART might shorten the moonlet's orbital period by about 10 minutes.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2022
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 12 Oct. 2022
At various points before, during, or after the impact, the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope observed DART’s target: the tiny moonlet Dimorphos, which orbits a larger asteroid called Didymos.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
Many had already deemed the mission successful after NASA shared footage of the DART spacecraft slamming into Dimorphos, a moonlet asteroid orbiting another larger asteroid.
—Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 12 Oct. 2022
Before the impact, scientists estimated DART might shorten the moonlet's orbital period by about 10 minutes.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2022
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“Moonlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moonlet. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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