Japan Releases Snowman-Like Asteroid Image After Flyby

日本在小行星飞掠后发布雪人状小行星图像

来源: phys.org | 主题: Space

时间: on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @03:00AM

Japan's Hayabusa2 probe captured rare close-up images of near-Earth asteroid Torifune , revealing a snowman-like shape made of two joined lobes. Phys.org reports: The fridge-sized Hayabusa2 skimmed asteroid Torifune on Sunday in a mission that demonstrated the ability to deflect a potentially dangerous space rock away from Earth. A new image released by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on Monday could aid such efforts, as researchers say near-Earth asteroids vary in their size, shape and surface characteristics. "The moment I actually saw this image and the scientific data -- it really gave me goosebumps," JAXA scientist Yuya Mimasu told reporters, adding the asteroid "personally looked like a snowman." The black-and-white image, captured by a telescopic camera, showed what ap

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