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Hera spots both asteroids as it closes in

Here’s an exciting first: ESA’s Hera spacecraft has captured Didymos and its smaller companion Dimorphos as two separate objects. After carefully slowing down, Hera is now closing in on the pair, which are about 197 million kilometres from Earth. The visit will help scientists investigate the aftermath of NASA’s 2022 DART impact, which shifted Dimorphos’s orbit more than expected. As Hera gets closer, it is due to send back its first detailed images of Dimorphos on November 25.
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