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Japan Landed Rovers on Asteroid
October 1 , 2018
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- The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) made history by landing two rovers on a 1 km asteroid.
- This is the first time that the world will observe the surface of an asteroid via moving robots.
- The small compact MINERVA-II-1(Micro Nano Experimental Robot Vehicle for Asteroid, the 2nd generation) rovers separated from the Hayabusa2 spacecraft.
- The MINERVA-II 1 consists of two rovers, Rover-1A and Rover-1B.
- The 2 rovers Hayabusa2 managed to land on the asteroid are expected to take advantage of the low gravity and jump around the surface, reaching heights of up to 15 meters.
- The Hayabusa2 probe was launched in December 2014 to explore the surface of the asteroid known as Ryugu.
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