Image: DART-Didymos T-1 h
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Description: As DART moved closer and closer to impacting Dimorphos, its parent asteroid, Didymos, appeared as a small — but very bright — dot. The moonlet Dimorphos was hardly visible, if at all. This image was taken at 22:03 UTC---1 h 11 min before impact.
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