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Hera spots its target – a first glimpse of the Didymos and Dimorphos binary asteroid system investigation

Hera's first close-up of the asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos
In this image, taken by the monochromatic Asteroid Framing Camera (AFC) on board the Hera spacecraft from a distance of 60 kilometres, most of the 151-metre asteroid Dimorphos is hidden in shadow. The 780-metre asteroid Didymos, around which the smaller moonlet orbits, is clearly visible.
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