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Ep 236: Hera has resolved Didymos and Dimorphos as separate asteroids 197 million kilometres away.
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Hera has resolved Didymos and Dimorphos as separate asteroids 197 million kilometres away. Top 12 Space & Astronomy Stories Hera spacecraft resolves Didymos binary for first time — European Space Agency The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft captured its first resolved images of the Didymos-Dimorphos pair on October 18 at a distance of 1,280 kilometres. Dimorphos appears as roughly one pixel, clearly separated from the larger parent body. The image followed two braking manoeuvres that slowed the spacecraft to 20…
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