The Hayabusa2 mission is facing a new challenge after observations showed the asteroid it is going to rendezvous with and touchdown on in 2031 is much smaller than previously thought; it’s also spinning much faster. “We found that the reality of the object is completely different from what it was previously described as,” Toni Santana-Ros said in a statement. Santana-Ros …
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