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Hera views Didymos asteroids
05 NOV. 2026 publication date 668 Views

Hera's first close-up view of the Didymos binary asteroid system, acquired by its monochrome Asteroid Framing Camera from 600 km away, giving a novel view of the larger Didymos asteroid. The smaller Dimorphos asteroid is largely hidden in shadow. This smaller body was impacted by NASA's DART spacecraft on 26 September 2022, shifting its orbit around Didymos.

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