First light: Hera resolves two asteroids instead of one
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The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft has resolved its two target asteroids separately for the first time, confirming the binary nature of the Didymos system. At the time, Hera was roughly 197 million km from Earth, part of its planetary defense mission to the Didymos asteroids.
The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft for planetary defence has resolved its two target asteroids separately for the very first time, revealing the binary nature of the Didymos system, currently some 197 million km away from Earth.
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