{"id":18901,"date":"2018-06-25T04:56:57","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T04:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/?p=18901"},"modified":"2018-06-25T04:56:57","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T04:56:57","slug":"hayabusa2-approaches-asteroid-ryugu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/?p=18901","title":{"rendered":"Hayabusa2 Approaches Asteroid Ryugu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/image\/1806\/RyuguApproach_Hayabusa2_960.jpg' style='max-width:600px;' \/><\/p>\n<div>It looks like a big space diamond &#8212; but with craters. It&#8217;s 162173 Ryugu (Dragon&#8217;s Castle), and Japan&#8217;s robotic Hayabusa2 mission is now arriving at this near-Earth asteroid. Ambitious Hayabusa2 is carrying an armada of separable probes, including two impactors, four small close-proximity hoverers, three small surface hoppers, and the Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout (MASCOT) which will land, study, and move around on Ryugu&#8217;s surface. Most of these are equipped with cameras. Moreover, Hayabusa2 itself is scheduled to collect surface samples and return these samples to Earth for a detailed analysis near the end of 2020. Previously, what was known about asteroid Ryugu was its orbit, that it spans about one kilometer, and that it has a dark surface that reflects unusual colors. Studying Ryugu could tell humanity not only about Ryugu&#8217;s surface and interior, but about what materials were available in the early Solar System for the development of life. Pictured, a series of approach images shows features suggestive of large boulders and craters. via NASA <a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap180625.html\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It looks like a big space diamond &#8212; but with craters. It&#8217;s 162173 Ryugu (Dragon&#8217;s Castle), and Japan&#8217;s robotic Hayabusa2 mission is now arriving at this near-Earth asteroid. Ambitious Hayabusa2 <a href=\"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/?p=18901\" class=\"more-link\">[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"Layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[10,12],"class_list":["entry","author-admin","post-18901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-whatsup","tag-ifttt","tag-nasa"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18902,"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18901\/revisions\/18902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}