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Dr. JB Vincent

@comet-toolbox.com

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Planetary scientist studying the formation and evolution of asteroids and comets. PI of the cameras on ESA's Hera mission.

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Dr. JB Vincent @comet-toolbox.com · 1d

Congratulations !

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Dr. JB Vincent @comet-toolbox.com · 2d

#planetaryscience

Dr. JB Vincent @comet-toolbox.com · 2d

One year ago, our wonderful Hera mission lauched from Cape Canaveral and it has been performing amazingly since then.
A few days after launch, we acquired these beautiful views of our Earth and Moon, which have been used to calibrate the remote sensing instruments.

era’s Asteroid Framing Camera (AFC) captured this farewell image of Earth (bottom left) and the Moon (centre) on 11 October from a distance of approximately 1.6 million km. Earth is oriented with north pointing upwards, with the Pacific Ocean illuminated by the Sun.
Credit: ESA

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 2d

Happy launch anniversary to ESA's Hera mission! 🎂🥳

One year ago ESA's first planetary defence mission was stranded on Earth, its launcher grounded, as a hurricane closed in on its launch site. What a difference a year makes! www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

Hera’s first year in space

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 7d

Waiting for a comet in space ☄️

Targeting launch in 2029, #CometInterceptor will be parked in space, waiting for an as-yet-undiscovered comet to come by.

Discover more about this ESA-led mission in collaboration with JAXA 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭

Illustration showing the main Comet Interceptor spacecraft and the two probes observing a comet from multiple directions at the same time.

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Dr. JB Vincent @comet-toolbox.com · 8d

I am a professional planetary scientist studying the evolution of asteroids and comets. Also the PI of the cameras on ESA's Hera mission. I'd like to share our findings with the community.

Dr. JB Vincent @comet-toolbox.com · 8d

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Dr. JB Vincent @comet-toolbox.com · 8d

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