ALMA Observations of the DART Impact: Characterizing the Ejecta at Submillimeter Wavelengths

ALMA Observations of the DART Impact: Characterizing the Ejecta at Submillimeter Wavelengths

We report observations of the Didymos–Dimorphos binary asteroid system using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and the Atacama Compact Array (ACA) in support of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission. Our observations on UT 2022 September 15 provided a preimpact baseline...

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Main Authors: Nathan X. Roth, Stefanie N. Milam, Anthony J. Remijan, Martin A. Cordiner, Michael W. Busch, Cristina A. Thomas, Andrew S. Rivkin, Arielle Moullet, Ted L. Roush, Mark A. Siebert, Jian-Yang Li, Eugene G. Fahnestock, Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez, Cyrielle Opitom, Masatoshi Hirabayashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:The Planetary Science Journal
Subjects:
Asteroids
Near-Earth objects
Radio astronomy
Radio interferometry
High resolution spectroscopy
Impact phenomena
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acfcaa

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