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China’s Tianwen-2 Targets Mysterious Asteroid | Science News
China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft is on a daring mission to snatch samples from the enigmatic near-Earth asteroid Kamo’oalewa — nicknamed the “mini moon” for its close Earth orbit — which may be a fragment of our own moon or something else entirely. Equipped with cutting-edge touch-and-go, anchor-and-attach, and hovering collection methods, Tianwen-2 recently flew within 12 miles of the asteroid to map its structure and composition before sampling. Afterward, the probe won’t return home — it’s heading to comet 311P/PanSTARRS for more cosmic discoveries, turning this mission into a multi-target…
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