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Touching the asteroid Ryugu revealed secrets of its surface and changing orbit

  • Written by Paul K. Byrne, Associate Professor of Planetary Science, North Carolina State University
Touching the asteroid Ryugu revealed secrets of its surface and changing orbitAsteroid Ryugu photographed from a distance of about 12 miles (20 kilometers) looks just gray and bland, but a close-up provides more color.JAXA, University of Tokyo, Kochi University, Rikkyo University, Nagoya University, Chiba Institute of Technology, Meiji University, University of Aizu and AIST, CC BY-SA

On Feb. 21, 2019, we shot an asteroid.

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