PICTURES OF THE WEEK: ASTEROID CLOSE-UPS
by Hazed
The Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 arrived at asteroid Ryugu recently, and has been sending back some amazing close-up images of the asteroid. One is taken from a distance of just six kilometres away, which means that one pixel in the image is about 60 centimetres.
Take a look at the extraordinarily detailed pictures here: https://gizmodo.com/japanese-spacecraft-hayabusa2-snaps-incredible-close-up-1827888381
