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That Japanese space probe is getting closer and closer to its asteroid

these photos were taken between 220 to 100km distance; the p...
Boyish Whorehouse
  06/22/18


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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:10 PM
Author: Boyish Whorehouse

these photos were taken between 220 to 100km distance; the probe is currently 36.7km away on a slow cruise to a mapping orbit of 20km before depositing multiple rovers and a sample collection robot. the asteroid has a diameter of less than 1km, so it's a fairly tiny object.

http://www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp/topics/20180621je/index.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008385&forum_id=2#36293996)