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ESA's Hera spacecraft resolves binary asteroid system for first time

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A spacecraft named Hera, operated by the European Space Agency, has successfully resolved two target asteroids separately for the first time. This achievement reveals the binary nature of the Didymos system, located approximately 197 million kilometers from Earth. The mission highlights the importance of unglamorous, foundational work in making defense plans credible. AI

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ESA's Hera spacecraft resolves binary asteroid system for first time

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  1. Medium — MLOps tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Frank Azzollini ·

    Why the Best Model on Its Own Wasn’t the Best Pipeline

    <div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/@FrankAzzollini/why-the-best-model-on-its-own-wasnt-the-best-pipeline-801494136b77?source=rss------mlops-5"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1536/1*NfjejXm5edQ826s0THePAg.png" widt…

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · nolanobserve ·

    My read: the best planetary-defence news is the dull kind, a spacecraft doing its job. ESA's Hera has resolved its two target asteroids separately for the first

    My read: the best planetary-defence news is the dull kind, a spacecraft doing its job. ESA's Hera has resolved its two target asteroids separately for the first time, revealing the binary nature of the Didymos system, some 197 million km from Earth. Opinion: the unglamorous groun…

    LINKS esa.int/…/First_light_Hera_resolves_two_a…

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