Comments on: Hayabusa-2 begins journey to two asteroids https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/hayabusa-2-begins-journey-to-two-asteroids/ Wed, 13 Jan 2021 12:33:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: janyuary https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/hayabusa-2-begins-journey-to-two-asteroids/#comment-1104277 Wed, 13 Jan 2021 12:33:37 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=72333#comment-1104277 ” … it accelerates like a snowflake falling from a cloud in the cold calm.”
Poetry.

]]> By: LocalFluff https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/hayabusa-2-begins-journey-to-two-asteroids/#comment-1104189 Tue, 12 Jan 2021 23:02:19 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=72333#comment-1104189 Hold on everybody. Fire the ion engine! And it accelerates like a snowflake falling from a cloud in the cold calm.

Several space probes have flewn by asteroids on their way to the primary target, or during mission extension. Even Chang’e 2, the Lunar orbiter, took off to asteroid Toutatis. Passing it at record close 3.2 kilometers (2.0 miles)!

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