Fig. 5: Didymos-dimorphos surface coverage maps for October spectra.

a Didymos surface coverage maps for several spectra acquired in October. The illuminated and observable surface area at the acquisition time of each spectrum is filled with the same color used for the spectrum (see Fig. 1 for the spectra). See “Methods” section for details of the computation. Mostly Didymos southern hemisphere is observable in October due to the negative value of the aspect angle, while the longitudinal surface coverage is almost complete. b Dimorphos surface coverage maps for spectra #3, #4, #5, #6 (Table 1) when Dimorphos is not eclipsed or occulted. Dimorphos southern hemisphere is also observable in October dataset, while longitudinal coverage includes mostly west longitudes, while DART mission impact site on Dimorphos is indicated with an empty red circle at 90E longitude.