The debris trail that Dimorphos has continuing to spit out is the most obvious result of this crash. According to NOIRLab , which released the image, the asteroid moonlet has grown a tail that is around 6,000 miles long. NASA researchers will have a rare opportunity to examine the course of the asteroid as it orbits the larger rock Didymos thanks to this extensive debris field. In fact, the smaller Dimorphos stayed locked in a stable orbit around the larger space rock, which is why NASA chose this pair of asteroids.
Similar to how a collision would affect its trajectory, researchers would be able to determine the degree of this shift in relation to the mass and speed of the de facto missile that was launched in its direction. They are most substantially impacted by solar radiation pressure at this stage in their trajectory when they are closest to the sun. Gases that would often remain solid vaporize quickly as a result. Similar to how the DART satellite crash caused both an orbital movement and a pressure alteration, the SOAR telescope in Chile was used to catch this bright tail.
