▲ 6 ▼ Japan's Hayabusa2 probe captures remarkable photo of a two-headed asteroid 62 million miles away (www.space.com) submitted 4 months ago by m3t00@midwest.social to c/science@midwest.social 3 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago (2 children) Isn't this a few years old already? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] m3t00@midwest.social [S] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) On Sunday (July 5), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)'s Hayabusa2 probe performed a close flyby of asteroid Torifune same ship, new rock permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago* Interesting. It strongly reminds me of the other one. Do they always look like this? Edit: Well, not always. Sometimes they also look like squares. Seems like the lack of gravity gives them much more interesting shapes than boring old spherical planets: permalink fedilink source parent
[–] m3t00@midwest.social [S] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) On Sunday (July 5), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)'s Hayabusa2 probe performed a close flyby of asteroid Torifune same ship, new rock permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago* Interesting. It strongly reminds me of the other one. Do they always look like this? Edit: Well, not always. Sometimes they also look like squares. Seems like the lack of gravity gives them much more interesting shapes than boring old spherical planets: permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago* Interesting. It strongly reminds me of the other one. Do they always look like this? Edit: Well, not always. Sometimes they also look like squares. Seems like the lack of gravity gives them much more interesting shapes than boring old spherical planets: permalink fedilink source parent