m3t00🌎🇺🇦@lemmy.worldM to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoJapan's Hayabusa2 probe captures remarkable photo of a two-headed asteroid 62 million miles awaywww.space.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up1201arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1199arrow-down1external-linkJapan's Hayabusa2 probe captures remarkable photo of a two-headed asteroid 62 million miles awaywww.space.comm3t00🌎🇺🇦@lemmy.worldM to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square9linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·7 days agoHold up… this lil thing went all the way to an asteroid, brought a sample back to EARTH? And then just went back out to see more asteroids??? That’s so cool!!! According to the article, after this it’s going to orbit and land on an asteroid that’s only 11m wide?
minus-squarerhythmisaprancer@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoVery interesting to me that asteroids that are not that much larger than a human can form/stay together! Let alone be landed on. How much gravity would we generate in space?
minus-squareYondoza@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoSame amount that we do on earth!
Hold up… this lil thing went all the way to an asteroid, brought a sample back to EARTH? And then just went back out to see more asteroids???
That’s so cool!!!
According to the article, after this it’s going to orbit and land on an asteroid that’s only 11m wide?
Very interesting to me that asteroids that are not that much larger than a human can form/stay together! Let alone be landed on. How much gravity would we generate in space?
Same amount that we do on earth!