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NASA changed an asteroid's orbital path around the sun, a first for humankind

NASA's DART mission altered an asteroid's orbit around the sun for the first time, demonstrating humanity's capability to deflect potentially hazardous asteroids through kinetic impact.
fromArs Technica
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Asteroid defense mission shifted the orbit of more than its target

NASA's DART spacecraft successfully altered the orbital trajectory of the entire Didymos binary asteroid system around the Sun, not just the moonlet's local orbit.
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NASA changed an asteroid's orbital path around the sun, a first for humankind

NASA's DART mission altered an asteroid's orbit around the sun for the first time, demonstrating humanity's capability to deflect potentially hazardous asteroids through kinetic impact.
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