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Hera spacecraft resolves Didymos binary asteroids for first time

First light image publicly disclosed

1 Oct 27 2:10 PM · 11d ago · 2 articles · 1 post · 3 sources · development 1 of 1

ESA and affiliated outlets released the first resolved image showing the binary Didymos system, marking the successful completion of Hera's early imaging phase.

First light image publicly disclosed
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“Before this acquisition the spacecraft was still resolving the Didymos system as a single dot. But now, even though Dimorphos is made up of only around one pixel in this initial image, it is clearly well separated from its parent body.”

Michael Kueppers, Hera team member · mastodon ↗

European Space Agency (ESA) Mission operatorMichael Kueppers Hera team memberIan Carnelli Hera mission manager

The whole story articlesposts the bright band is this development · numbered dots are the others · click one to jump

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1First light image publicly disclosed
Oct 28Oct 29Oct 30Oct 31Nov 1Nov 2Nov 3Nov 4Nov 5Nov 6now · 9:23 AM ET

Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 2 claims were published in its stretch

  1. 2 outlets First light: Hera resolves two asteroids instead of one

    first by Phys.org, 11d ago · also European Space Agency

  2. 1 outlet Hera Probe Sees Asteroid Pair Separately for First Time

    first by Universe Today, 8d ago

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