65803 Didymos size and scale context

Didymos is the larger member of a binary near-Earth asteroid system and the anchor of NASA’s DART planetary-defense test. In 2022 the spacecraft struck its small moon [Dimorphos](dimorphos) to change its orbit. Read its scale context, comparisons, and journey links on the canonical object page.

25143 ItokawaS-type near-Earth asteroid·535 m
101955 BennuCarbonaceous near-Earth asteroid·565 m
65803 DidymosS-type binary near-Earth asteroid·851 m
152830 DinkineshSq-type binary main-belt asteroid·910 m

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