Japan and China just flew past asteroids. Here's what they saw.
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Elisha Sauers
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MashableJapan and China just flew past asteroids. Here's what they saw.mashable.comTwo space rocks in the space of one week. Within just three days of each other, Chinese and Japanese spacecraft got up close and personal with two different asteroids . The China National Space Administration sent Tianwen-2 to visit Kamo'oalewa, a 300-foot-wide rock some call a quasi-moon of Earth, on July 2. The Japan Aerospace Exploration …
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