Astronomy / Space Hayabusa 2 Locates Artificial Crater On Asteroid

[Manticore]

New images from Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft show the location of a fresh crater carved from the jagged terrain of asteroid Ryugu by an explosive charge dropped on the tiny world’s rocky surface earlier this month.

The Hayabusa 2 probe has passed the halfway mark in its year-and-a-half-long exploration of Ryugu. After collecting its first sample from the asteroid’s surface in February, Hayabusa 2 maneuvered into position over a different part of Ryugu and released an impactor April 4 to create an artificial crater, exposing pristine subsurface rocks for the spacecraft to examine and retrieve in the coming weeks.

Hayabusa 2 locates artificial crater on asteroid – Spaceflight Now

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[rOmiLaYu]

exposing pristine subsurface rocks

Void opals confirmed.

 

[Patrick_68000]

Excellent! Mission goes to success.

 

[Factabulous]

It's only gone and landed again! https://www.theguardian.com/science...pans-hayabusa2-probe-touches-down-on-asteroid

Damn, this is a complex mission, gl little probe o7

 

[Patrick_68000]

Let's hope that the entry into the atmosphere of the Earth will be good during the return.

 

[Asp Explorer]

I hope they use a hundred angstrom filter to begin!

 

[Rustnsawdust]

I hope they use a hundred angstrom filter to begin!

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