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DART spotted Didymos 20 million miles away before impact on Sept 26. DART is set to impact Didymos' moonlet,

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Press update today. Lots of good info. Key point is after impact there will be optical observatories around the gloobe, including

detection of the change in Dimorphos' orbit around Didymos will be done by optical telescopes watching mutual eclipses of the two bodies. Just measuring light from the pair.

Truely an international mission

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Good Article on
skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-

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