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Asteroid 2016 HO₃: China's Tianwen-2 Reaches Earth's Micro Moon 'Kamoʻoalewa'; Sends 4K Pics

Tianwen-2 Quasi-Moon Image Packs Kilometer Surprise and 29 Billion Yuan Market Move

Beijing, July 12, 2026, 02:07 (GMT+8) The first image of Kamo’oalewa looked plain. But the optical navigation data was more striking — cameras on the Tianwen-2 probe cut the margin of error in…

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