Evergreen - Planetary Defense with NASA's Dart Mission
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Millions of nearby asteroids could potentially impact Earth! Is it possible to protect our Earth from asteroids large enough to cause damage? NASA’s DART Mission set out to test one possible approach. Near Earth is a binary asteroid system with the larger one, Didymous, orbited by its smaller moonlet, Dimorphos. This first ever Planetary Defense mission set out to investigate and demonstrate deflection changing an asteroid’s motion in space as a result of crashing an impactor into it. Come learn about the design of this unique spacecraft and the spectacular results of the impactor on the orbit of Dimorphos!
Date: Tuesday, Aug 13
Time: 10am - 11:30am
Location: McMinnville Senior Center - 2250 NE McDaniel Ln.
Cost: FREE!
