Planetary scientist on the Hayabusa2 science team
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Awaiting flyby data on a never-before-seen asteroid
On July 5, 2026, a Japanese spacecraft flew about 1 kilometer past an asteroid the size of a skyscraper, moving at roughly 5 kilometers per second. JAXA confirmed Hayabusa2 pulled off the pass and gathered data on 98943 Torifune, a 450-meter rock no probe had ever visited.
Updated Jul 5
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