We're about to discover some new small worlds: Tianwen-2 arriving at Kamo'oalewa on July 4, Hayabusa2 blasting past asteroid Torifune on July 5. www.space.com/astronomy/as...
Japanese probe set for super-close flyby on July 5: 'We're going to discover another beast to put in the zoo of asteroids'"This is one of the closest asteroid encounters ever attempted by a mission of this class."www.space.comAndrew JonesTianwen-2 sample return mission is expected to arrive at the near Earth asteroid Kamo'oalewa tomorrow (July 4) at a distance of ~20 kilometres. Hopefully we'll also see the first images of the asteroid very soon. mp.weixin.qq.com/s/97RjX0XCVs...