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Dr. JB Vincent

@comet-toolbox.com

Planetary scientist studying the formation and evolution of asteroids and comets. PI of the cameras on ESA's Hera and RAMSES missions. Also musician (3xperimental and Quantum Somnium).

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Dr. JB Vincent @comet-toolbox.com · 29/09/2026

At @ESA ESOC this week for the final preparations before Hera's arrival !

A picture of JB Vincent in front of the ESA ESOC building

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Dr. JB Vincent @comet-toolbox.com · 06/07/2026

Great week-end for small bodies ! Hayabusa 2# flyby of asteroid Torifune (www.jaxa.jp/press/2026/0...) and Tianwen-2 images of asteroid Kamo'oalewa (www.xinhuanet.com/20260706/eb8...) ! #PlanetaryScience

Asteroid Torifune imaged by Hayabusa 2# (JAXA)

Asteroid Kamo'oalewa imaged by Tianwen-2 (CNSA)

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Dr. JB Vincent @comet-toolbox.com · 30/03/2026

New Hera mission poster #Hera #PlanetaryScience www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

Poster representing ESA's Hera mission. The picture shows Hera, its two cubesats Milani and Juventas, and the target asteroids Didymos and DImorphos

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Dr. JB Vincent @comet-toolbox.com · 26/11/2025

Deimos in front of Mars, as seen by ESA's Hera mission. www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

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Dr. JB Vincent @comet-toolbox.com · 10/11/2025

You are going to like this one: Asteroid 21 Lutetia and Saturn :) Imaged by Rosetta/OSIRIS in July 2010.

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Dr. JB Vincent @comet-toolbox.com · 07/10/2025

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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