Name: New Photos Show Asteroid Ryugu is Bizarrely Dust-Free
Uploaded: 8/23/2019 4:41:25 PM
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Description: JAXA's Hayabusa2 spacecraft sent hopping lander MASCOT down to Ryugu in October 2018, and newly-released photos from it reveal not only that the asteroid is oddly free of dust, but that rocks on its surface are similar to ones found on Earth.

New Photos Show Asteroid Ryugu is Bizarrely Dust-Free

JAXA's Hayabusa2 spacecraft sent hopping lander MASCOT down to Ryugu in October 2018, and newly-released photos from it reveal not only that the asteroid is oddly free of dust, but that rocks on its surface are similar to ones found on Earth.

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