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No, NASA’s DART asteroid impact won’t cause a meteor shower on Earth. But it might on Mars.

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Astronomers have concluded that debris from the collision between asteroid Dimorpho and NASA’s DART spacecraft could reach Earth and Mars. However, while the debris could cause meteors to fall on Mars, it is unlikely that meteors would be visible from Earth.

DART, Double Asteroid Diversion Test I ran into Dimorpho On September 26, 2022, with the intention of testing whether a kinetic energy shock could one day push a potentially hazardous asteroid out of orbit near Earth. The test passed with flying colors. Dimorphos be pushed to a shorter orbit Around the asteroid Didymos(Neither Dimorphos nor Didymos ever posed a threat to our planet. They were merely test subjects for this experiment.)

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