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#1 2025-03-28 09:09:39

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Hera ESA Probe to visit asteroids

The article at the link below is an update on the HERA mission launched by ESA to visit the asteroid duo impacted by NASA.

https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/H … eimos_moon

The article reports on the flyby of Mars used for planetary navigation, and the fine tuning of the trajectory that allowed capture of photographs of the moons of Mars.

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#2 2025-03-28 09:10:10

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#3 2025-03-28 09:10:35

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https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/H … eimos_moon

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ESA's Hera took the photographs of Deimos from just 620 miles away, capturing the less-visible side of the tidally-locked moon.
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Mar 13, 2025 — The European Space Agency's Hera probe recently sped past Mars, taking photos of the planet's small, mysterious second moon, Deimos.
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Mar 19, 2025 — This camera is used to indicate what characteristics appear in visible light. In the image, Deimos appears dark compared to the Red Planet.
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Mar 13, 2025 — Hera spacecraft takes photos of red planet's second moon, Deimos, while en route to asteroids 110m miles away.
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Mar 14, 2025 — Moving at 9 km/s relative to Mars, Hera was able to image Deimos from as close as 1,000 km away, surveying the less-seen opposite side of the ...
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Mar 13, 2025 — Hera was moving at 9 kilometres per second relative to Mars and was able to image the 12.4-kilometre-long Deimos from just 1000 kilometres away.

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