However, it orbits 170 times closer to its star than Jupiter does to the sun. It completes one orbit every two days. Jupiter takes about 12 years to orbit the sun.
Scientific discoveries like the Earth is round, that our planet revolves around the sun, or that diseases are spread through germs were all once ideas that were rejected by society.
Since the moon doesn't shine on its own but only reflects light from the sun, we see more or less of it during its monthly revolution depending on its position.
One of the new studies details how this collision altered the path of Dimorphos through space — shortening the time it takes to orbit Didymos by 33 minutes.