Dimorphos

moon of asteroid 65803 Didymos
Thing minor_planet_moon Q25387442
Dimorphos
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Dimorphos

Summary

Dimorphos is a minor planet moon[1]. Dimorphos has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Dimorphos is credited with the discovery of Petr Pravec[3].
  • Dimorphos's instance of is recorded as minor planet moon[4].
  • Dimorphos's instance of is recorded as binary asteroid[5].
  • Dimorphos's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Ondřejov Observatory[6].
  • Dimorphos's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid[7].
  • Dimorphos's Commons category is recorded as Dimorphos[8].
  • Dimorphos's parent astronomical body is recorded as Q2265762[9].
  • Dimorphos's provisional designation is recorded as S/2003 (65803) 1[10].
  • Dimorphos's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 20, 2003[11].
  • Dimorphos's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid[12].
  • Dimorphos's significant event is recorded as discovery[13].
  • Dimorphos's significant event is recorded as validation[14].
  • Dimorphos's significant event is recorded as naming[15].
  • Dimorphos's significant event is recorded as impact[16].
  • Dimorphos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0274'}[17].
  • Dimorphos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+21.3'}[18].
  • Dimorphos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3'}[19].
  • Dimorphos covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+0.089'}[20].
  • Dimorphos's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+1330000000'}[21].
  • Dimorphos's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+4300000000'}[22].
  • Dimorphos's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+75.5'}[23].
  • Dimorphos's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+40932.24'}[24].
  • Dimorphos's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+0.5167'}[25].
  • Dimorphos's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+1.189'}[26].
  • Dimorphos's volume as quantity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4243638', 'amount': '+0.00181'}[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include minor planet moon[4] and binary asteroid[5].

Why It Matters

Dimorphos has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Dimorphos is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . johnstonsarchive.net. johnstonsarchive.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . johnstonsarchive.net. johnstonsarchive.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . johnstonsarchive.net. johnstonsarchive.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Q136720047. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . johnstonsarchive.net. johnstonsarchive.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Successful kinetic impact into an asteroid for planetary defence. space.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Q136719971. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . johnstonsarchive.net. johnstonsarchive.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Preimpact Mutual Orbit of the DART Target Binary Asteroid (65803) Didymos Derived from Observations of Mutual Events in 2003–2021. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Successful kinetic impact into an asteroid for planetary defence. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . DART Impact: Setting Constraints Using the Tsiolkovsky Rocket Equation. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Successful kinetic impact into an asteroid for planetary defence. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Q136719971. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Radar observations and a physical model of binary near-Earth asteroid 65803 Didymos, target of the DART mission. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Q136719971. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Successful kinetic impact into an asteroid for planetary defence. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22h ago · ~2026-34993-89 · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Albedo {'amount': '+0.15'}
    Instance of
    Asteroid spectral type S-type asteroid
    Orbital period {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+42917.3028'}, {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+40932.24'}
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P491]]: This animation showing a highly magnified view of how Dimorphos’ orbit around Didymos is seen from Earth.gif"
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