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Table 1

Physical parameters of the Didymos system.

Physical parameters Value ± 1σ Units
Didymos rotation period a T 2.2600 ± 0.0001 h
GM value GMsys 35.4 ± 1.5 m3/s2
Didymos mass b MP (5.26 ± 0.16) × 1011 kg
System bulk density ρ 2790 ± 140 kg/m3
Didymos ellipsoid semiaxis x aP ± ea 394 ± 11 m
Didymos ellipsoid semiaxis y bP ± eb 394 ± 11 m
Didymos ellipsoid semiaxis z cP ± ec 290 ± 16 m
Dimorphos ellipsoid semiaxis x aS 96 ± 6 m
Dimorphos ellipsoid semiaxis y bS 74 ± 4 m
Dimorphos ellipsoid semiaxis z cS 59 ± 7 m

Notes. The values were taken from Naidu et al. (2024). (a) Pravec et al. (2006). (b)Estimated in this work.

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