# @ScienceChannel on Twitter

- **Type:** Text
- **Original URL:** https://twitter.com/ScienceChannel/status/1574525970622603285
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/21120136-ScienceChannel-twitter
- **Posted:** 2022-09-26T22:26:59.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Science Channel (@ScienceChannel) — https://gondola.cc/ScienceChannel

## Caption

Astronomers discovered Didymos more than two decades ago. It means “twin” in Greek, a nod to how the asteroid forms a binary system with the smaller asteroid, or moon.

#AsteroidImpactLIVE: #DARTMission continues on Discovery and Science Channel.

 #PlanetaryDefender

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## Tags

dartmission, asteroidimpactlive, planetarydefender

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