Impact observations of asteroid Dimorphos via Light Italian CubeSat for imaging of asteroids (LICIACube)

Abstract

On September 26th 2022, LICIACube monitored Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission impact on asteroid Dimorphos, which is the smaller component of a binary asteroid system. These close observations revealed the impact ejecta features of the first planetary defence test with a kinetic impactor.