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## [Analysis of Asteroid Orbit Change from DART Impact and New Images](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/analysis-of-asteroid-orbit-change-from-dart-impact-and-new-images/2143)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [15 October 2022 10:46 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/analysis-of-asteroid-orbit-change-from-dart-impact-and-new-images/2143 "2022-10-15T10:46:38Z")

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Analysis of the orbit of Dimorphos, the moon of asteroid 65803 Didymos which NASA’s DART spacecraft crashed into on 2022-09-26, shows that its period decreased from 11 hours 55 minutes to 11 hours 23 minute…