Some of Hayabusa2’s Samples are as Big as a Centimeter

Some of Hayabusa2’s Samples are as Big as a Centimeter
By Matthew Cimone

A fireball hurtled across the sky on December 5th – the sample return capsule from the Hayabusa2 asteroid mission by JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency). The capsule landed in Woomera, a remote location in the Australian Outback. Earlier this month, the capsule’s sample containers revealed fine grain topsoil from asteroid 162173 Ryugu. A second sample …

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January 2, 2021 at 04:02AM
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