Ejecta Evolution Following a Planned Impact into an Asteroid: The First Five Weeks

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Ejecta Evolution Following a Planned Impact into an Asteroid : The First Five Weeks. / Kareta, Theodore; Thomas, Cristina; Li, Jian Yang; Knight, Matthew M.; Moskovitz, Nicholas; Rożek, Agata; Bannister, Michele T.; Ieva, Simone; Snodgrass, Colin; Pravec, Petr; Ryan, Eileen V.; Ryan, William H.; Fahnestock, Eugene G.; Rivkin, Andrew S.; Chabot, Nancy; Fitzsimmons, Alan; Osip, David; Lister, Tim; Sarid, Gal; Hirabayashi, Masatoshi; Farnham, Tony; Tancredi, Gonzalo; Michel, Patrick; Wainscoat, Richard; Weryk, Rob; Burrati, Bonnie; Pittichová, Jana; Ridden-Harper, Ryan; Tan, Nicole J.; Tristram, Paul; Brown, Tyler; Bonavita, Mariangela; Burgdorf, Martin; Khalouei, Elahe; Longa, Penelope; Rabus, Markus; Sajadian, Sedighe; Jorgensen, Uffe Graae; Dominik, Martin; Kikwaya, Jean Baptiste; Epifani, Elena Mazzotta; Dotto, Elisabetta; Deshapriya, Prasanna; Hasselmann, Pedro; Dall’Ora, Massimo; Abe, Lyu; Guillot, Tristan; Mékarnia, Djamel; Agabi, Abdelkrim; Bendjoya, Philippe; Suarez, Olga; Triaud, Amaury; Gasparetto, Thomas; Günther, Maximillian N.; Kueppers, Michael; Merin, Bruno; Chatelain, Joseph; Gomez, Edward; Usher, Helen; Stoddard-Jones, Cai; Bartnik, Matthew; Bellaver, Michael; Chetan, Brenna; Dugan, Emma; Fallon, Tori; Fedewa, Jeremy; Gerhard, Caitlyn; Jacobson, Seth A.; Painter, Shane; Peterson, David Michael; Rodriguez, Joseph E.; Smith, Cody; Sokolovsky, Kirill V.; Sullivan, Hannah; Townley, Kate; Watson, Sarah; Webb, Levi; Trigo-Rodríguez, Josep M.; Llenas, Josep M.; Pérez-García, Ignacio; Castro-Tirado, A. J.; Vincent, Jean Baptiste; Migliorini, Alessandra; Lazzarin, Monica; La Forgia, Fiorangela; Ferrari, Fabio; Polakis, Tom; Skiff, Brian.

In: Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 959, No. 1, L12, 10.12.2023.

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Kareta, T, Thomas, C, Li, JY, Knight, MM, Moskovitz, N, Rożek, A, Bannister, MT, Ieva, S, Snodgrass, C, Pravec, P, Ryan, EV, Ryan, WH, Fahnestock, EG, Rivkin, AS, Chabot, N, Fitzsimmons, A, Osip, D, Lister, T, Sarid, G, Hirabayashi, M, Farnham, T, Tancredi, G, Michel, P, Wainscoat, R, Weryk, R, Burrati, B, Pittichová, J, Ridden-Harper, R, Tan, NJ, Tristram, P, Brown, T, Bonavita, M, Burgdorf, M, Khalouei, E, Longa, P, Rabus, M, Sajadian, S, Jorgensen, UG, Dominik, M, Kikwaya, JB, Epifani, EM, Dotto, E, Deshapriya, P, Hasselmann, P, Dall’Ora, M, Abe, L, Guillot, T, Mékarnia, D, Agabi, A, Bendjoya, P, Suarez, O, Triaud, A, Gasparetto, T, Günther, MN, Kueppers, M, Merin, B, Chatelain, J, Gomez, E, Usher, H, Stoddard-Jones, C, Bartnik, M, Bellaver, M, Chetan, B, Dugan, E, Fallon, T, Fedewa, J, Gerhard, C, Jacobson, SA, Painter, S, Peterson, DM, Rodriguez, JE, Smith, C, Sokolovsky, KV, Sullivan, H, Townley, K, Watson, S, Webb, L, Trigo-Rodríguez, JM, Llenas, JM, Pérez-García, I, Castro-Tirado, AJ, Vincent, JB, Migliorini, A, Lazzarin, M, La Forgia, F, Ferrari, F, Polakis, T & Skiff, B 2023, 'Ejecta Evolution Following a Planned Impact into an Asteroid: The First Five Weeks', Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 959, no. 1, L12. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad0fdd

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Kareta, T., Thomas, C., Li, J. Y., Knight, M. M., Moskovitz, N., Rożek, A., Bannister, M. T., Ieva, S., Snodgrass, C., Pravec, P., Ryan, E. V., Ryan, W. H., Fahnestock, E. G., Rivkin, A. S., Chabot, N., Fitzsimmons, A., Osip, D., Lister, T., Sarid, G., ... Skiff, B. (2023). Ejecta Evolution Following a Planned Impact into an Asteroid: The First Five Weeks. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 959(1), [L12]. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad0fdd

Vancouver

Kareta T, Thomas C, Li JY, Knight MM, Moskovitz N, Rożek A et al. Ejecta Evolution Following a Planned Impact into an Asteroid: The First Five Weeks. Astrophysical Journal Letters. 2023 Dec 10;959(1). L12. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad0fdd

Author

Kareta, Theodore ; Thomas, Cristina ; Li, Jian Yang ; Knight, Matthew M. ; Moskovitz, Nicholas ; Rożek, Agata ; Bannister, Michele T. ; Ieva, Simone ; Snodgrass, Colin ; Pravec, Petr ; Ryan, Eileen V. ; Ryan, William H. ; Fahnestock, Eugene G. ; Rivkin, Andrew S. ; Chabot, Nancy ; Fitzsimmons, Alan ; Osip, David ; Lister, Tim ; Sarid, Gal ; Hirabayashi, Masatoshi ; Farnham, Tony ; Tancredi, Gonzalo ; Michel, Patrick ; Wainscoat, Richard ; Weryk, Rob ; Burrati, Bonnie ; Pittichová, Jana ; Ridden-Harper, Ryan ; Tan, Nicole J. ; Tristram, Paul ; Brown, Tyler ; Bonavita, Mariangela ; Burgdorf, Martin ; Khalouei, Elahe ; Longa, Penelope ; Rabus, Markus ; Sajadian, Sedighe ; Jorgensen, Uffe Graae ; Dominik, Martin ; Kikwaya, Jean Baptiste ; Epifani, Elena Mazzotta ; Dotto, Elisabetta ; Deshapriya, Prasanna ; Hasselmann, Pedro ; Dall’Ora, Massimo ; Abe, Lyu ; Guillot, Tristan ; Mékarnia, Djamel ; Agabi, Abdelkrim ; Bendjoya, Philippe ; Suarez, Olga ; Triaud, Amaury ; Gasparetto, Thomas ; Günther, Maximillian N. ; Kueppers, Michael ; Merin, Bruno ; Chatelain, Joseph ; Gomez, Edward ; Usher, Helen ; Stoddard-Jones, Cai ; Bartnik, Matthew ; Bellaver, Michael ; Chetan, Brenna ; Dugan, Emma ; Fallon, Tori ; Fedewa, Jeremy ; Gerhard, Caitlyn ; Jacobson, Seth A. ; Painter, Shane ; Peterson, David Michael ; Rodriguez, Joseph E. ; Smith, Cody ; Sokolovsky, Kirill V. ; Sullivan, Hannah ; Townley, Kate ; Watson, Sarah ; Webb, Levi ; Trigo-Rodríguez, Josep M. ; Llenas, Josep M. ; Pérez-García, Ignacio ; Castro-Tirado, A. J. ; Vincent, Jean Baptiste ; Migliorini, Alessandra ; Lazzarin, Monica ; La Forgia, Fiorangela ; Ferrari, Fabio ; Polakis, Tom ; Skiff, Brian. / Ejecta Evolution Following a Planned Impact into an Asteroid : The First Five Weeks. In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 2023 ; Vol. 959, No. 1.

Bibtex

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title = "Ejecta Evolution Following a Planned Impact into an Asteroid: The First Five Weeks",
abstract = "The impact of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft into Dimorphos, moon of the asteroid Didymos, changed Dimorphos{\textquoteright}s orbit substantially, largely from the ejection of material. We present results from 12 Earth-based facilities involved in a world-wide campaign to monitor the brightness and morphology of the ejecta in the first 35 days after impact. After an initial brightening of ∼1.4 mag, we find consistent dimming rates of 0.11-0.12 mag day−1 in the first week, and 0.08-0.09 mag day−1 over the entire study period. The system returned to its pre-impact brightness 24.3-25.3 days after impact though the primary ejecta tail remained. The dimming paused briefly eight days after impact, near in time to the appearance of the second tail. This was likely due to a secondary release of material after re-impact of a boulder released in the initial impact, though movement of the primary ejecta through the aperture likely played a role.",
author = "Theodore Kareta and Cristina Thomas and Li, {Jian Yang} and Knight, {Matthew M.} and Nicholas Moskovitz and Agata Ro{\.z}ek and Bannister, {Michele T.} and Simone Ieva and Colin Snodgrass and Petr Pravec and Ryan, {Eileen V.} and Ryan, {William H.} and Fahnestock, {Eugene G.} and Rivkin, {Andrew S.} and Nancy Chabot and Alan Fitzsimmons and David Osip and Tim Lister and Gal Sarid and Masatoshi Hirabayashi and Tony Farnham and Gonzalo Tancredi and Patrick Michel and Richard Wainscoat and Rob Weryk and Bonnie Burrati and Jana Pittichov{\'a} and Ryan Ridden-Harper and Tan, {Nicole J.} and Paul Tristram and Tyler Brown and Mariangela Bonavita and Martin Burgdorf and Elahe Khalouei and Penelope Longa and Markus Rabus and Sedighe Sajadian and Jorgensen, {Uffe Graae} and Martin Dominik and Kikwaya, {Jean Baptiste} and Epifani, {Elena Mazzotta} and Elisabetta Dotto and Prasanna Deshapriya and Pedro Hasselmann and Massimo Dall{\textquoteright}Ora and Lyu Abe and Tristan Guillot and Djamel M{\'e}karnia and Abdelkrim Agabi and Philippe Bendjoya and Olga Suarez and Amaury Triaud and Thomas Gasparetto and G{\"u}nther, {Maximillian N.} and Michael Kueppers and Bruno Merin and Joseph Chatelain and Edward Gomez and Helen Usher and Cai Stoddard-Jones and Matthew Bartnik and Michael Bellaver and Brenna Chetan and Emma Dugan and Tori Fallon and Jeremy Fedewa and Caitlyn Gerhard and Jacobson, {Seth A.} and Shane Painter and Peterson, {David Michael} and Rodriguez, {Joseph E.} and Cody Smith and Sokolovsky, {Kirill V.} and Hannah Sullivan and Kate Townley and Sarah Watson and Levi Webb and Trigo-Rodr{\'i}guez, {Josep M.} and Llenas, {Josep M.} and Ignacio P{\'e}rez-Garc{\'i}a and Castro-Tirado, {A. J.} and Vincent, {Jean Baptiste} and Alessandra Migliorini and Monica Lazzarin and {La Forgia}, Fiorangela and Fabio Ferrari and Tom Polakis and Brian Skiff",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.",
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month = dec,
day = "10",
doi = "10.3847/2041-8213/ad0fdd",
language = "English",
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T1 - Ejecta Evolution Following a Planned Impact into an Asteroid

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AU - Kareta, Theodore

AU - Thomas, Cristina

AU - Li, Jian Yang

AU - Knight, Matthew M.

AU - Moskovitz, Nicholas

AU - Rożek, Agata

AU - Bannister, Michele T.

AU - Ieva, Simone

AU - Snodgrass, Colin

AU - Pravec, Petr

AU - Ryan, Eileen V.

AU - Ryan, William H.

AU - Fahnestock, Eugene G.

AU - Rivkin, Andrew S.

AU - Chabot, Nancy

AU - Fitzsimmons, Alan

AU - Osip, David

AU - Lister, Tim

AU - Sarid, Gal

AU - Hirabayashi, Masatoshi

AU - Farnham, Tony

AU - Tancredi, Gonzalo

AU - Michel, Patrick

AU - Wainscoat, Richard

AU - Weryk, Rob

AU - Burrati, Bonnie

AU - Pittichová, Jana

AU - Ridden-Harper, Ryan

AU - Tan, Nicole J.

AU - Tristram, Paul

AU - Brown, Tyler

AU - Bonavita, Mariangela

AU - Burgdorf, Martin

AU - Khalouei, Elahe

AU - Longa, Penelope

AU - Rabus, Markus

AU - Sajadian, Sedighe

AU - Jorgensen, Uffe Graae

AU - Dominik, Martin

AU - Kikwaya, Jean Baptiste

AU - Epifani, Elena Mazzotta

AU - Dotto, Elisabetta

AU - Deshapriya, Prasanna

AU - Hasselmann, Pedro

AU - Dall’Ora, Massimo

AU - Abe, Lyu

AU - Guillot, Tristan

AU - Mékarnia, Djamel

AU - Agabi, Abdelkrim

AU - Bendjoya, Philippe

AU - Suarez, Olga

AU - Triaud, Amaury

AU - Gasparetto, Thomas

AU - Günther, Maximillian N.

AU - Kueppers, Michael

AU - Merin, Bruno

AU - Chatelain, Joseph

AU - Gomez, Edward

AU - Usher, Helen

AU - Stoddard-Jones, Cai

AU - Bartnik, Matthew

AU - Bellaver, Michael

AU - Chetan, Brenna

AU - Dugan, Emma

AU - Fallon, Tori

AU - Fedewa, Jeremy

AU - Gerhard, Caitlyn

AU - Jacobson, Seth A.

AU - Painter, Shane

AU - Peterson, David Michael

AU - Rodriguez, Joseph E.

AU - Smith, Cody

AU - Sokolovsky, Kirill V.

AU - Sullivan, Hannah

AU - Townley, Kate

AU - Watson, Sarah

AU - Webb, Levi

AU - Trigo-Rodríguez, Josep M.

AU - Llenas, Josep M.

AU - Pérez-García, Ignacio

AU - Castro-Tirado, A. J.

AU - Vincent, Jean Baptiste

AU - Migliorini, Alessandra

AU - Lazzarin, Monica

AU - La Forgia, Fiorangela

AU - Ferrari, Fabio

AU - Polakis, Tom

AU - Skiff, Brian

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

PY - 2023/12/10

Y1 - 2023/12/10

N2 - The impact of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft into Dimorphos, moon of the asteroid Didymos, changed Dimorphos’s orbit substantially, largely from the ejection of material. We present results from 12 Earth-based facilities involved in a world-wide campaign to monitor the brightness and morphology of the ejecta in the first 35 days after impact. After an initial brightening of ∼1.4 mag, we find consistent dimming rates of 0.11-0.12 mag day−1 in the first week, and 0.08-0.09 mag day−1 over the entire study period. The system returned to its pre-impact brightness 24.3-25.3 days after impact though the primary ejecta tail remained. The dimming paused briefly eight days after impact, near in time to the appearance of the second tail. This was likely due to a secondary release of material after re-impact of a boulder released in the initial impact, though movement of the primary ejecta through the aperture likely played a role.

AB - The impact of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft into Dimorphos, moon of the asteroid Didymos, changed Dimorphos’s orbit substantially, largely from the ejection of material. We present results from 12 Earth-based facilities involved in a world-wide campaign to monitor the brightness and morphology of the ejecta in the first 35 days after impact. After an initial brightening of ∼1.4 mag, we find consistent dimming rates of 0.11-0.12 mag day−1 in the first week, and 0.08-0.09 mag day−1 over the entire study period. The system returned to its pre-impact brightness 24.3-25.3 days after impact though the primary ejecta tail remained. The dimming paused briefly eight days after impact, near in time to the appearance of the second tail. This was likely due to a secondary release of material after re-impact of a boulder released in the initial impact, though movement of the primary ejecta through the aperture likely played a role.

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DO - 10.3847/2041-8213/ad0fdd

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JO - The Astrophysical Journal Letters

JF - The Astrophysical Journal Letters

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