Subj : China to visit Earth's Qu
To   : All
From : Mike Powell
Date : Fri May 30 2025 09:26:00

 CHINA TO VISIT EARTH'S `QUASI-MOON' AND BRING A CHUNK OF IT BACK
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 China's National Space Agency has launched an asteroid sample mission
aimed at Asteroid 2016HO3, aka 469219 Kamo?oalewa, which orbits the
Sun. The Tianwen 2 probe rode a Long March 3B rocket into orbit at
1:31 Thursday morning. 2016HO3 is estimated to have a diameter of 40
to 100 meters. It is an attractive target for exploration because it
can be reached by a spacecraft traveling at a modest 7 kilometers per
second. The probe will reach the asteroid in about a year and then
orbit it for a while before landing and attempting to retrieve around
100 grams of material. 

[7] https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/29/china_tianwen_2_probe_launch/?utm_so
urce=tldrnewsletter

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