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Unprecedented Close-Up View Of Asteroid Shows Rocks That Look Surprisingly Familiar
On October 3, 2018, the Hayabusa2 spacecraft dropped a lander toward the surface of the asteroid Ryugu from 40 metres up. The lander, MASCOT, hit a boulder, bounced backward, and tumbled 17 metres along the asteroid’s surface before coming to rest upside down in a hole.