In 2022 NASA crashed a spacecraft into the asteroid Dimorphos and changed its orbit by 33 minutes. A European probe reaches the crash site in 2026.
Imagery:
NASA/JPL-Caltech
ESO/S. Guisard (www.eso.org/~sguisard)
NASA, ESA, D. Jewitt (UCLA)
ESO/H.H. Heyer
ESO/VISTA. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
NASA, ESA, Jian-Yang Li (PSI), Joe Depasquale (STScI)
NASA, ESA, STScI, J. Li (PSI)
ESO/B. Tafreshi (twanight.org)
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