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Japan releases Snowman-Like Asteroid Image After Flyby

Japan Releases Snowman-Like Asteroid Image After Flyby

Japan's Hayabusa2 probe captured rare close-up images of near-Earth asteroid Torifune, revealing a snowman-like shape made of two joined lobes. Phys.org reports: The fridge-sized Hayabusa2 skimmed asteroid Torifune on Sunday in a mission that demonstrated the ability to deflect…

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