Article 705DR Turns out Hayabusa2's next asteroid target isn't much bigger than the probe itself

Turns out Hayabusa2's next asteroid target isn't much bigger than the probe itself

by
from The Register on (#705DR)
Story ImageIt's also spinning twice as fast than thought, making a tricky rendezvous even trickier

Japan's Hayabusa2 probe faces a tougher mission after new measurements revealed its target asteroid is nearly three times smaller and spinning about twice as fast as originally estimated....

External Content
Source RSS or Atom Feed
Feed Location http://www.theregister.co.uk/headlines.atom
Feed Title The Register
Feed Link https://www.theregister.com/
Feed Copyright Copyright © 2025, Situation Publishing
Reply 0 comments