Image of the Didymos-Dimorphos binary asteroid, taken by ESA's Hera spacecraft. spacecraft.

Hera: first images of didymos-dimorphos asteroid system

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European Space Agency Spacecraft Hera has taken its first images of its targets: the binary asteroids, Didymos and Dimorphos.

Image of the Didymos-Dimorphos binary asteroid, taken by ESA's Hera spacecraft. spacecraft.
Image of the Didymos-Dimorphos binary asteroid, taken by ESA’s Hera spacecraft. This is the first image taken by Hera where the asteroids show up as separate objects. Credit: ESA.
Hera is an European Space Agency planetary defense mission with an aim to monitor the efficiency of the first-ever asteroid deflection test. The target of the Hera mission is a binary asteroid pair, Didymos – Dimorphos, which Hera will observe. Hera will start science observations in early November 2026.
At Pori Space Lab Prof. Tomáš Kohout is a member of Hera Investigation Team working on first-hand analysis of Hera observations.

Read more about Hera & Pori Space Lab here.

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