Japan's asteroid-smashing probe reveals a surprisingly young space rock
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Japan's asteroid-smashing probe reveals a surprisingly young space rock
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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"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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Re: Japan's asteroid-smashing probe reveals a surprisingly young space rock
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.
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Orion Astroview 120ST f/5 Refractor on EQ3 mount
Celestron Comet Catcher 140mm f/3.64 Schmidt-Newtonian on alt-az mount
Celestron Omni XLT150R f/5 Refractor on CG4 mount with dual axis drives.
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Kamakura 7x35 Binoculars and Celestron SkyMaster 15x70 Binoculars. ZWO ASI 120MC camera.
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