Science and Exploration

Images Taken by Hayabusa2 During Earth Flyby

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
December 3, 2015
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Images Taken by Hayabusa2 During Earth Flyby
Hayabusa2 Images of Earth Flyby
JAXA

JAXA performed an Earth flyby with its asteroid explorer Hayabusa2 on 3 December.
Hayabusa2 flew closest to the Earth at 7:08 p.m. (JST) and passed over the Pacific Ocean around the Hawaii islands at an altitude of about 3,090 km. These images were sent back by the spacecraft

Original post (in Japanese) at JAXA

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