First man-made crater on an asteroid

Gianluca Riccio

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The Japanese space probe Hayabusa2 claims the record for the first human-made crater on an asteroid. On April 25, 2019, the impact between a copper "bullet" and Ryugu, the celestial body object of the experiment. The image in the post, taken by a camera on the probe, shows the effects of the impact on the surface (source: Kobe University). The images are quite clear despite the shooting distance: almost two kilometers. We are far from the catastrophic (for a space stone) effects of nuclear explosions such as ... Read all

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