{"id":737568,"date":"2022-10-12T07:08:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T11:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=737568"},"modified":"2022-10-12T07:08:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T11:08:00","slug":"first-kinetic-impact-test-succeeds-in-shifting-asteroid-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=737568","title":{"rendered":"First kinetic impact test succeeds in shifting asteroid orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"LICIACube image of asteroid ejecta\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The kinetic impact of NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dart.jhuapl.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DART spacecraft<\/a> with the Dimorphos asteroid around its larger Didymos parent body has succeeded in shifting its orbit, meaning humankind\u2019s first planetary defence test has been successful. Observations are continuing of the plume of the debris caused by the collision for as long as possible, as the asteroid system gradually recedes from Earth.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n Click here for original story, <a href=\"https:\/\/one.esa.int\/Space_Safety\/Hera\/First_kinetic_impact_test_succeeds_in_shifting_asteroid_orbit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">First kinetic impact test succeeds in shifting asteroid orbit<\/a>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: ESA Space News&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The kinetic impact of NASA\u2019s DART spacecraft with the Dimorphos asteroid around its larger Didymos parent body has succeeded in shifting its orbit, meaning humankind\u2019s first planetary defence test has&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-737568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ESA"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=737568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=737568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=737568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=737568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}