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First Asteroid Sightings Push Hera's Camera to the Limit
MAIN ASTEROID BELT BEYOND MARS ORBIT, AUG 7 – Hera’s Asteroid Framing Camera test images of two asteroids validate spacecraft agility for planetary defence, supporting future asteroid deflection techniques, ESA officials said.
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First asteroid sightings push Hera's camera to the limit
ESA's Hera mission has captured images of asteroids (1126) Otero and (18805) Kellyday. Though distant and faint, the early observations serve as both a successful instrument test and a demonstration of agile spacecraft operations that could prove useful for planetary defense.
First asteroid sightings push Hera’s camera to the limit
ESA’s Hera mission has captured images of asteroids (1126) Otero and (18805) Kellyday. Though distant and faint, the early observations serve as both a successful instrument test and a demonstration of agile spacecraft operations that could prove useful for planetary defence.Hera is currently travelling through space on its way to a binary asteroid system. In 2022, NASA’s DART spacecraft impacted the asteroid Dimorphos, changing its orbit around…
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