Japan's asteroid-smashing probe reveals a surprisingly young space rock

[smp]

This is a few days old, but from Space.com:
"A cannonball that a Japanese spacecraft fired at an asteroid is shedding light on the most common type of asteroid in the solar system, a new study reports."

https://www.space.com/asteroid-ryugu-yo ... veals.html

Study published at Science.ScienceMag.org:

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/ ... ce.aaz1701

Fun stuff!

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[Makuser]

Hello Stephen. Another great space news story from you. The more we learn about the age and contents of these asteroids, the more we learn about our early solar system. The link has some nice photos of Asteroid Ryugu after the projectile/impactor was fired from the probe Hayabusa2. Thanks for finding and sharing this link and information with us Stephen, and the best of regards.