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The impact of citizen scientist observations

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A group of amateur astronomers made key observations during the impact of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft into asteroid Dimorphos — a pioneering experiment aimed at modifying the dynamical state of an asteroid.

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Fig. 1: Observations by the eVscope network of citizen scientists.

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  1. Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania

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Popescu, M.M. The impact of citizen scientist observations. Nat Astron 7, 516–517 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-023-01954-6

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