Extended Data Fig. 4: Brightness evolutions of Didymos and the ejecta.
From: Ejecta from the DART-produced active asteroid Dimorphos
(a) Total magnitude of Didymos in 10 km, 30 km, and 50 km radius apertures at the distance of Didymos measured from HST images as a function of time after impact. (b) Magnitude of ejecta with respect to time after impact. The black curve in both panels is the magnitude of Didymos based on the IAU HG phase function model with a G = 0.2043, scaled to match the observed pre-impact magnitude. The ejecta magnitude corresponds to the difference between the observed total flux and the flux from Didymos. The ejecta is brighter than Didymos for about 2.5 days after impact in the 10 km radius aperture.
