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Hayabusa2’s next target is smaller and faster than we thought ESO News

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Sep 18, 20251:18Science & Medicine

Astronomers have discovered that the next target for Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft, the asteroid 1998 KY26, is almost three times smaller than previously thought, and spinning much faster than expected. This study was con...

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Hayabusa2’s next target is smaller and faster than we thought ESO News is an episode from ESOcast SD by ESO. Astronomers have discovered that the next target for Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft, the asteroid 1998 KY26, is almost three times sm...

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