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Beautiful! I was reading that there have been sample returns from asteroids before, like Hayabusa (by JAXA) in 2010. It's said that asteroid sample returns cou
by eh_why_not 3y ago
Beautiful!
I was reading that there have been sample returns from asteroids before, like Hayabusa (by JAXA) in 2010. It's said that asteroid sample returns could shed light on the early days of our solar system.
Anyone know what kind of new insights they were able to derive from those samples in the past 13 years?
- echelon 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sample-return_mission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sample-return_mission Check out the article for each mission for a high level summary of at least some of the findings.
- eh_why_not 3y agoUnfortunately there isn't much in those pages (hence the question) [0], and the journal articles referenced are paywalled [1]. Seems the main result was a suggestion (confirmation, maybe?) that meteorites came from asteroids. Was wondering if anyone here has some deeper/hands-on knowledge of this stuff. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayabusa#Results https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayabusa#Results [1] https://www.science.org/toc/science/333/6046 https://www.science.org/toc/science/333/6046
- ianai 3y agoRead a headline indicating this asteroid might impact earth one day.