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Japanese probe lands on asteroid

fatherdougalmag · 2005-11-26 09:53:43

Article on RTE claims that "a Japanese space probe has successfully landed on an asteroid some 300km from earth". :) Missing a few zeroes maybe? Otherwise, everyone duck!

26-11-2005 10:53am

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Article on RTE claims that "a Japanese space probe has successfully landed on an asteroid some 300km from earth".

Missing a few zeroes maybe? Otherwise, everyone duck!

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#2 27-11-2005 9:49pm

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yeah they've fixed that (it says "some 300 million kilometres from earth" now)

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#3 28-11-2005 12:08am

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Last I heard, they had lost contact and they thought it might have missed. I am glad to hear it was a success.

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#4 21-12-2005 12:06am

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Saturday, 26 November 2005, 10:07 GMT

The probe, called Hayabusa - Japanese for "falcon" - briefly touched down on the Itokawa asteroid and fired a projectile to loosen surface material.

Scientists believe it collected the debris, but will only be sure when Hayabusa returns to Earth in 2007.

It is expected to return to Earth and land in the Australian outback in June 2007.

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#5 29-12-2005 12:35am

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The asteroid in question - clicky-clicky

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