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Original – Impact video of the DART asteroid redirection test on September 26, 2022 by SAAO telescope.
Reason
Impact video of the DART asteroid redirection test on September 26, 2022 by SAAO telescope. First video of its kind. For details see the lead section of the article.
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Double Asteroid Redirection Test
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Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Understanding
Creator
Dr Nicolas Erasmus (SAAO) and Amanda Sickafoose (Planetary Science Institute) using the Mookodi instrument on the SAAO's 1-m Lesedi telescope.