Plenary (Andy Rivkin)

JWST image of the Tarantula Nebula

Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI

JWST image of L1527 protostar and outflow

Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI, J. DePasquale (STScI)

Black hole distortion of light

Image credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center; background, ESA/Gaia/DPAC

JWST Deep field image

Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI

JWST image of NGC628 spiral galaxy

Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI

ALMA image of the protoplanetary disc of HL Tauri

Image credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)

Date: 06.07.2023 14:45 - 15:30

Location: CSL - Sir Stanley Thomas

Description

Dr. Andy Rivkin

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test: A Crash Course in Asteroid Defense

Thursday 6th July 2023 @ 14h45

Asteroid impacts have profoundly shaped the history of life on Earth and have been implicated in at least one mass extinction event. Planetary defense is dedicated to predicting and preventing such disasters in the future. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission was launched in November 2021 and arrived at its target, the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos, on September 26, 2022. DART’s goals were to validate a planetary defense technique known as “kinetic impact”, which is changing an asteroid’s orbit by colliding a mass with it. This presentation will include an overview of the mission and its results, including data from the spacecraft and its companion cubesat LICIACube (contributed by the Italian Space Agency), imagery and spectra from ground- and space-based telescopes, and analysis.

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All attendees are expected to show respect and courtesy to other attendees and staff, and to adhere to the NAM Code of Conduct.