
Dimorphos
Sign in to saveAlso known as (65803) Didymos I, (65803) I, S/2003 (65803) 1, Didymoon, Didymos I, Didymos B, Dimorphous
satellite asteroidale
Key facts
- Planet.inclination
- with respect to ecliptic
- Planet.name
- Dimorphos
- Planet.image
- Dimorphos North-Up Image Composition (final 10 full-frame images).png
- Planet.caption
- High-resolution view of Dimorphos, created by combining the final 10 full-frame images obtained by DART's Didymos Reconnaissance and Asteroid Camera for Optical navigation (DRACO). Dimorphos is oriented so that its north pole is toward the top of the image. Taken seconds before impact on September 26, 2022.
- Planet.discoverer
- Petr Pravec et al.
- Planet.discovery_site
- Ondřejov Observatory
- Planet.discovered
- 20 November 2003
- Planet.mpc_name
- Didymos I
- Planet.alt_names
- S/2003 (65803) 1Didymos B"Didymoon"
- Planet.named_after
- Greek word for "having two forms"
- Planet.satellite_of
- 65803 Didymos
- Planet.epoch
- 26 September 2022 23:14:24.183 UTC(JD ; impact time)
- Planet.semimajor
- (pre-impact) (post-impact)
- Planet.eccentricity
- (pre-impact) or (post-impact)
- Planet.avg_speed
- (pre-impact)
- Planet.dimensions
- m (± m)
- Planet.mean_diameter
- (volume equivalent)
- Planet.mass
- (if density is )≈ (if same density as Didymos)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- binary asteroid
- Area
- 0.089
- Parent body
- 65803 Didymos
- Minor-planet group
- Apollo asteroid
- Diameter
- 171
- Radius
- 75.5
- Mass
- 4300000000
- Orbital period
- 40932.24
- Image
- Stacked image of Dimorphos true orientation.jpg
- Significant event
- impact
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- time of discovery or invention
- 2003-11-20
- provisional designation
- S/2003 (65803) 1
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.0274
- absolute magnitude
- 21.3
- discoverer or inventor
- Petr Pravec
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 1.189
- rotation period
- 0.5167
- site of astronomical discovery
- Ondřejov Observatory
- orbital inclination
- 3
- epoch
- J2000.0
- Commons category
- Dimorphos
- mean anomaly
- 89.2
- albedo
- 0.15
- periapsis
- 1.156
- apoapsis
- 1.222
- volume as quantity
- 0.00181
- asteroid spectral type
- S-type asteroid
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