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Fabio Ferrari

@fabiolouf

Space engineer and planetary scientist. #ERC grantee. Currently working on #Hera and #LUMIO missions. Asteroid (31960) Fabioferrari.

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Joined July 2012
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📢#NewPaper Identifying meteor showers is difficult and an active research topic: radiant overlap, weak/variable activity, and a large sporadic background complicate any catalog. We tested how a state-of-the-art unsupervised method performs. Now in @AAS_Office @AAS_Press
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BACK TO DEEP SPACE: @polimi is heading back beyond Earth! #DAER @DART_Lab_Polimi is part of @esa new mission #RAMSES, set to launch in 2028 toward asteroid #Apophis. 📅 On April 13, 2029, Apophis will fly just 31,000 km from Earth—visible to the naked eye! aero.polimi.it/it/magazine/n…
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New #researchPaper from @DART_Lab_Polimi, which focuses on modelling the complex and chaotic dynamics of rubble pile asteroids using novel techniques from data science and dynamical systems theory. ✍️Iosto Fodde, @fabiolouf 📰Astronomy & Astrophysics 🔗doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/20…
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Ian@deepbluedot13 Mar 2025
#HeraMission flying 295km from Deimos on its way to asteroid Dydimos. What a fantastic view
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🛰️ Deviating an asteroid: Are we ready? 🌍☄️ Two new @Nature Communications studies, led by @polimi and @GeorgiaTech, analyze #DARTmission impact on Dimorphos, revealing how ejecta studies can enhance deflection strategies. 🔎 Read more: aero.polimi.it/en/magazine/p… @GTResearchNews
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It's so exciting to see our experiment finally run in micro-g! Thanks to @ERC_Research and @esa for supporting it, and to #ZARM for hosting us. And this is just the beginning, stay tuned!
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🚀 The #GEMS experimental campaign, part of ERC project #TRACES & funded by @esa, conducted 8 tests at #ZARM Drop Tower to study asteroid-surface collisions in microgravity. More tests coming in March 2025! 🌌 👉aero.polimi.it/en/magazine/m… @polimi #DAER #asteroids #microgravity
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Saturday, Oct 5th | launch-2 days. As we're getting on our plane to Florida, the excitement for @ESA_Hera launch is mixed up with other feelings. Relief, for having missed hurricane #Helene. Uncertainty, after FAA decision of pausing #Falcon9 (our ticket to space). 1/8 #Thread
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One minute to go and I'm not breathing. 20 seconds, 10 seconds, still not breathing. Then the brightest light lifts up the rocket, and #Hera with it. As Hera goes up, tears roll down my eyes. 7/8
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Dear Hera, I acknowledge you like drama. And if this is the beginning of your journey in space, I can't wait to see what is coming next. Deep gratitude to @ESA_Hera team and @deepbluedot who made it possible. Proud of the @AerospacePoliMI team for being part of it. Go Hera! 8/8
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Hera probe launched at Cape Canaveral 🚀 destination Asteroid Dydimos. The first planetary defense experiment to which @AerospacePoliMI contributed with the Milani CubeSat. #DAER project leaders @FrancescoTop, @fabiolouf Link to news: polimi.it/en/the-politecnico… #polimiresearch
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We have a mission!! #HeraMission's solar arrays have deployed and its batteries are charging. The satellite is in good health and the first commands have been confirmed on board.
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Cape Canaveral, Oct. 7, 2024: ✅launch of Hera with the Milani CubeSat🛰️ on board ✅#polimi team👥 led by Prof. @FrancescoTop and @fabiolouf of #DAER ready to embark on this amazing journey. 📅ETA: December 2026 🚩Destination: Asteroid 65803, Dydimos. aero.polimi.it/it/magazine/i…
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Despite all odds, #Milani has been launched aboard his mothership #Hera on a #Falcon 9 rocket. So happy to have contributed to this mission with a high-qualified team at the @DART_Lab_Polimi. Let's now wait and see how #Didymos will look like in two years!
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The @esa has approved the LUMIO mission, a #CubeSat mission to observe meteoroid impacts on the lunar farside.🌑 The 🇪🇺 consortium for the #LUMIO mission is made of @polimi, @Argotec_Space, @LDO_Space, IMT, Nautilus, S&T Norway, LMO, and ECAPS. 👉 More at aero.polimi.it/en/magazine/l…
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#LUMIO mission approval by @esa sent us over the Moon! The mission could be ready for launch as early as 2027. 🚀 Many thanks to @ASI_spazio (#Italy) and to the national delegations of #Norway, #Sweden, and #UK for supporting us. Full story here👇 esa.int/Enabling_Support/Spa…
LUMIO – New CubeSat Illuminating Lunar Impacts

LUMIO – New CubeSat Illuminating Lunar Impacts

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