{"id":7580,"date":"2024-05-06T08:28:25","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T08:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=7580"},"modified":"2024-05-06T08:28:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T08:28:25","slug":"jaxa-releases-clearest-photo-yet-of-asteroid-ryugus-surface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=7580","title":{"rendered":"JAXA Releases Clearest Photo Yet of Asteroid Ryugu&#8217;s Surface"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-178271\">\n<p>\t<!-- .post-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content description cf entry-content content-spacious\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/05223858\/jaxa-asteroid-ryugu-surface.jpg\" alt=\"JAXA Asteroid Ryugu Surface\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-178274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/05223858\/jaxa-asteroid-ryugu-surface.jpg 960w, https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/05223858\/jaxa-asteroid-ryugu-surface-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/05223858\/jaxa-asteroid-ryugu-surface-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/05223858\/jaxa-asteroid-ryugu-surface-270x180.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"\/><br \/>It may be a while until we see space habitats on asteroids, but JAXA has released the clearest photo yet of asteroid Ryugu\u2019s surface, giving us a better idea of what we\u2019re working with. This image was captured by Hayabusa2, which actually carried four small rovers to investigate the asteroid surface and analyze the environmental context of the samples collected.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-178271\"\/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/05223852\/jaxa-asteroid-ryugu-surface-1.jpg\" alt=\"JAXA Asteroid Ryugu Surface\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\"\/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/05223855\/jaxa-asteroid-ryugu-surface-2.jpg\" alt=\"JAXA Asteroid Ryugu Surface\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\"\/><br \/>One of its landers, MINERVA-II, had two rovers with a scientific payload consisting of a stereo camera, wide-angle camera, and thermometers. Unfortunately, Rover-2 encountered problems prior to deployment from the orbiter, but was released on October 2, 2019 to orbit the asteroid. As for 162173 Rygu, Hayabusa2 successfully returned the sample capsule to Earth on December 5, 2020.<\/p>\n<div class=\"aawp\">\n<div class=\"aawp-product aawp-product--horizontal\" data-aawp-product-asin=\"B0CGYM2LMB\" data-aawp-product-id=\"118858\" data-aawp-tracking-id=\"tec02e-20\" data-aawp-product-title=\"LEGO Creator 3 in 1 Space Astronaut Toy Building Set Transforms from Astronaut Figure to Space Dog to Viper Jet Space-Themed Gift Idea for Boys and Girls Ages 9 Years Old and Up 31152\">\n<div class=\"aawp-product__thumb\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aawp-product__image\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41bESwt6dsL._SL160_.jpg\" alt=\"LEGO Creator 3 in 1 Space Astronaut Toy, Building Set Transforms from Astronaut Figure to Space Dog to...\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"aawp-product__content\">\n<p>            LEGO Creator 3 in 1 Space Astronaut Toy, Building Set Transforms from Astronaut Figure to Space Dog to&#8230;        <\/p>\n<div class=\"aawp-product__description\">\n<ul>\n<li>3 LEGO space toys in 1 box \u2013 Boys and girls ages 9 and up who love space can build and rebuild 3 different sets using the same set of bricks with&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Endless space play possibilities \u2013 Kids can play out daring stories among the stars with 3 different space playsets: an astronaut figure, a space&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Posable space figures \u2013 The astronaut toy has posable legs, feet, arms and fingers, and the space dog has a posable tail and legs so kids can choose&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<iframe title=\"The first movie from an asteroid&#039;s surface (Ryugu as seen by Rover-1B)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hMlap2IXPZI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"The first movie from an asteroid&#039;s surface (Ryugu as seen by Rover-1B)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hMlap2IXPZI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .post-content --><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-box\">\n<div class=\"image\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/afb428e7fa743a3919f977c62f43c97a?s=82&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/afb428e7fa743a3919f977c62f43c97a?s=164&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-82 photo\" height=\"82\" width=\"82\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"author\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Author<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tJackson Chung\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"text author-bio\">A technology, gadget and video game enthusiast that loves covering the latest industry news. 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Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-nav\">\n<div class=\"post previous cf\">\n<p>\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-angle-left\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<span class=\"content\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"230\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/05210009\/pivotal-helix-evtol-aircraft-230x230.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pivotal Helix eVTOL Aircraft\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/05210009\/pivotal-helix-evtol-aircraft-230x230.jpg 230w, https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/05210009\/pivotal-helix-evtol-aircraft-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/05210009\/pivotal-helix-evtol-aircraft-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/05210009\/pivotal-helix-evtol-aircraft-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/05210009\/pivotal-helix-evtol-aircraft-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/05210009\/pivotal-helix-evtol-aircraft.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> JAXA Releases Clearest Photo Yet of Asteroid Ryugu&#8217;s Surface<br \/>\n<br \/>#JAXA #Releases #Clearest #Photo #Asteroid #Ryugus #Surface<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It may be a while until we see space habitats on asteroids, but JAXA has&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[4117,4116,4115,2730,444,4118,4119],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.10 - 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