Comments on: Hayabusa-2 has begun close fly-in of man-made crater https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/hayabusa-2-has-begun-close-fly-in-of-man-made-crater/ Thu, 25 Apr 2019 03:51:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/hayabusa-2-has-begun-close-fly-in-of-man-made-crater/#comment-1066705 Thu, 25 Apr 2019 03:51:16 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=57959#comment-1066705 In reply to John.

John: It does appear they did not get as close to the asteroid as I expected. Apparently all they wanted to do is get a view of this part of the asteroid from a reasonable distance.

]]> By: John https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/hayabusa-2-has-begun-close-fly-in-of-man-made-crater/#comment-1066702 Thu, 25 Apr 2019 02:22:57 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=57959#comment-1066702 Oh…thanks for the clarification, Mr. Zimmerman.

I was going to post that we’ll have to keep looking as Hayabusa-2 gets closer, but the link says they’ve stopped real time delivery.

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/hayabusa-2-has-begun-close-fly-in-of-man-made-crater/#comment-1066699 Thu, 25 Apr 2019 01:59:01 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=57959#comment-1066699 In reply to John.

John: That large crater rotating into view is not the crater they created. If you look at this global map of Ryugu you can see that crater at about 90 degrees longitude. The large boulders to its southeast make it stand out.

]]> By: John https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/hayabusa-2-has-begun-close-fly-in-of-man-made-crater/#comment-1066697 Thu, 25 Apr 2019 01:37:58 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=57959#comment-1066697 I think those last two images show the crater rotate into view. We live in an age where you can see a bombed asteroid in real time. How cool is that?

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