NASA plans to smash into the space rock as part of its mission to protect Earth from devastating asteroid impacts.
usually fall into one of three classes of composition, depending on how far from the Sun they formed: C-type asteroids made of clay and silicate rocks; S-types made of silicate materials and nickel-iron; and M-types, made mostly of metals .
Didymos and Dimorphos orbit the Sun once every 2.11 years, passing closer to the Earth at some points in the orbit than others. In 2003, it passed only 0.048 AU from Earth, or around 4.5 million miles. At the time of the impact, Dimorphos will be about 6.8 million miles from Earth. While this may seem immensely far away in Earth terms, the Moon orbits the Earth at a distance of 238,900 miles, and the☄️ On September 26, 2022, at 7:14 p.m. EDT, NASA’s spacecraft DART will impact the asteroid Dimorphos, and try to move it. Dimorphos is the smallest asteroid in the binary asteroid system Didymos.
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