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Dr. JB Vincent
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Planetary scientist studying the formation and evolution of asteroids and comets. PI of the cameras on ESA's Hera mission. Also musician (3xperimental and Quantum Somnium)
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With Ariel facing delays, @esa.int Comet Interceptor has found a new ride with a commercial Arian 6 launch customer.
Comet Interceptor will carry MIRMIS being built by @oxfordphysics.bsky.social
🔭🧪 #planetsci

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ESA’s Comet Interceptor mission moves up launch
A delay in one European Space Agency mission is creating an opportunity for an earlier, and more capable, launch for another ESA spacecraft.
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January 14, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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@esa.int 's RAMSES mission has now an official science community website: www.ramsesmission.space

#PlanetaryScience
RAMSES Mission
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January 6, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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Third poster in our series: "Space Safety - in action!"

Mission: Ramses
Objective: Intercept and explore the asteroid Apophis as it passes Earth in 2029
Unique feature: Ramses capitalises on a one-in-7000-year scientific opportunity
Launch: 2028

Download at: esa.int/space-safety/in-action
Stylised poster depicting the ESA-JAXA Ramses mission to asteroid Apophis
December 19, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Happy 2026 to all my friends and their families. May this year bring you happiness and health !
January 2, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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ESA's RAMSES mission is funded ! We are going to visit asteroid Apophis in 2029 :D
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ESA Member States commit to largest contributions at Ministerial
The largest contributions in the history of the European Space Agency, €22.1 bn, have been approved at its Council meeting at Ministerial level in Bremen, ...
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November 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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When I am not studying asteroids, I write songs about them ;)
Exactly 4 years ago, I released a track to celebrate the success of the DART mission. The song is obviously called "Dimorphos" !

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#metal, #planetaryscience
Dimorphos, by 3xperimental
2 track album
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November 24, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Astronomers have discovered rings forming around a Centaur. For real: Chiron (a comet-asteroid hybrid orbiting beyond Saturn) has set of rings that seem to be changing by the year.

Regardless of what's happening on Earth, space continues to be amazing. 🧪🔭

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Sky-plane view of the equatorial disk model of Chiron's rings. The gray circle (98 km radius) marks Chiron itself. Black ellipses show the three narrow rings; dashed blue ellipses mark the 1/2 and 1/3 resonant zones; red ellipses indicate Roche limits.
October 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Check out the new trailer for @esa.int's proposed Ramses mission! 🍿📽️

Ramses would escort the cruise-ship-sized asteroid Apophis through its safe but exceptionally rare flyby of Earth in 2029: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Ramses: ESA’s mission to rendezvous with asteroid Apophis
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October 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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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
October 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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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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October 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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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.
October 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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October 1, 2025 at 9:43 AM