Japan's Hayabusa2 Snaps Torifune The Snowman Asteroid To Demo 'Planetary Defence'
The binary asteroid Torifine isn't a danger to Earth in the near future; however, JAXA’s mission is critical for thwarting any such potentially hazardous objects from entering Earth’s atmosphere and…
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