Hera spacecraft's first closeup image of Didymos asteroid. Image by ESA.

Hera’s first close-up view of Didymos asteroids

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Hera spacecraft's first closeup image of Didymos asteroid. Image by ESA.
Hera spacecraft’s first closeup image of Didymos asteroid. Image by ESA.

The European Space Agency’s Hera mission for planetary defence has acquired its first close-up image of the Didymos binary asteroid system!


In this image, acquired by Hera’s monochromatic Asteroid Framing Camera from 60 km away, most of the 151-m diameter Dimorphos asteroid is hidden by a shadow, but the 780-m diameter Didymos asteroid that the smaller moonlet orbits around is shown clearly.

Find more about Hera and the new images at the European Space Agency Website here.

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