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Table 1

Observations of the Didymos-Dimorphos system in 2022 and 2023.

Date and year 2022 Duration (UT) Δ (AU) rH (AU) α (degrees) Pixel scale (km) Radius 500 km (arcsec) Seeing (arcsec) Note
September 21 17:50–18:54 0.084 1.061 45.8 42.0 11.7 2.1 Color
September 24 19:17–19:44 0.079 1.052 50.1 39.5 12.5 2.1 Color
September 25 19:38–20:02 0.077 1.049 51.5 38.5 12.8 2.2 Color
September 26 19:55–20:20 0.076 1.046 53.0 38.0 13.2 2.1 Color
September 27 20:18–20:44 0.075 1.044 54.5 37.4 13.4 1.9 Color
September 29 20:15–20:40 0.073 1.039 57.5 36.5 13.7 2.5 Color
September 30 19:58–20:23 0.073 1.037 59.0 36.2 13.8 2.0 Color
October 1 20:09–20:35 0.072 1.035 60.5 36.0 13.9 2.0 Color
October 2 20:07–20:32 0.071 1.032 61.9 38.3 14.0 1.8 Color
October 6 19:31–20:38 0.072 1.025 67.3 35.9 13.9 1.9 Color
October 12 18:19–18:58 0.076 1.017 73.2 38.3 13.1 1.5 Color
October 24 20:26–21:00 0.096 1.013 76.0 48.0 10.4 2.2 Color
October 25 20:26–21:11 0.098 1.014 75.8 24.5 10.2 1.6 Color
November 2 17:23–18:28 0.115 1.021 72.5 28.7 8.7 2.1 Period
November 3 16:51–18:03 0.117 1.022 71.9 58.5 8.5 2.2 Color/Period
November 12 17:12–20:56 0.136 1.039 65.3 68.2 7.3 1.5 Color/Period
December 23 13:54–20:13 0.230 1.194 21.5 115.3 4.3 2.2 Color/Period
December 24 14:12–20:00 0.233 1.199 20.4 116.8 4.3 2.0 Period
December 25 14:23–20:10 0.236 1.204 19.3 118.3 4.2 1.9 Period

2023
January 3 18:32–19:53 0.273 1.250 10.0 138.4 3.6 1.6 Color
January 4 19:10–19:29 0.277 1.255 9.2 140.9 3.5 1.5 Color
January 5 17:33–18:48 0.281 1.261 8.5 142.9 3.5 1.6 Color

Notes. The geometric distance (Δ), heliocentric distance (rH), and phase angle (α) were obtained from the Minor Planet Center. Color: color sequence by R-B-R-V-R-I-R, period: time sequence of observations using R-filter.

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