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Japan's Hayabusa2 Probe Nears Ryugu Asteroid After Flying 2Bn Miles in 3.5 Years
Japan's Hayabusa2 Probe Nears Ryugu Asteroid After Flying 2Bn Miles in 3.5 Years
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TOKYO (Sputnik) - Japan's Hayabusa2 space probe has approached the asteroid Ryugu for a sample return mission after flying two billion miles over more than a... 27.06.2018, Sputnik International
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Japan's Hayabusa2 Probe Nears Ryugu Asteroid After Flying 2Bn Miles in 3.5 Years
05:08 GMT 27.06.2018 (Updated: 05:41 GMT 27.06.2018) TOKYO (Sputnik) - Japan's Hayabusa2 space probe has approached the asteroid Ryugu for a sample return mission after flying two billion miles over more than a 3.5-year period, Japanese space agency JAXA has reported.
The space probe was launched in early December 2014. It has now approached Ryugu at a 12-mile distance and will remain near the asteroid for a year and a half, studying it and attempting to take samples that will be taken to Earth.
Hayabusa2 will make its first attempt at getting a sample this fall.
READ MORE: Japan's Aerospace Agency Developing Radar Detecting Space Micro-Debris
Ryugu, approximately 1-kilometer (0.6-miles) in diameter, is a potentially dangerous near-Earth object. It orbits the Sun at 0.96–1.41 astronomical units every 474 days.