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The ESA Hera mission to the binary asteroid (65803) Didymos: Planetary Defense and Science

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  • The impact of the NASA DART spacecraft on the 160 m-diameter natural satellite called Dimorphos of the binary asteroid 65803 Didymos in late September 2022 will change its orbital period around Didymos

  • The Hera mission is in development for launch in 2024 within the ESA Space Safety Program

  • Hera will contribute to the first deflection test of an asteroid, in the framework of the international NASAand ESA-supported Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA) collaboration

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Introduction

The impact of the NASA DART spacecraft on the 160 m-diameter natural satellite called Dimorphos of the binary asteroid 65803 Didymos in late September 2022 will change its orbital period around Didymos.

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