Monday, April 24, 2023

ESA - What colour is an asteroid? Hyperspectral imager to find out

What colour is an asteroid? The latest instrument being prepared for ESA's Hera mission for planetary defence will observe its target Dimorphos asteroid in a range of colours far beyond the limits of the human eye.

Around the size of a shoebox, HyperScout H is the newest design in a family of hyperspectral imagers developed for Earth observation and planetary science by cosine Remote Sensing  in the Netherlands.

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