Thursday, September 20, 2018

Hayabusa-2 dropping probes onto Ryugu


Friday, September 21, the Hayabusa-2 satellite orbiting mini-asteroid Ryugu will drop two min-rovers onto the asteroidal surface.  The rovers are going to hop around the asteroid, using a motor-powered internal weight to drive them.

Should be fun. And they've got cameras, too.  And there are more landers, and more interesting maneuvers, coming up, if everything keeps working right.


Hayabusa-2: Japan's rovers ready for touchdown on asteroid

Here's a picture of Ryugu I had not seen before.  It's quite bouldery, which might make asteroid hopping a bit more interesting.




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