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Inside Japan's Daring Asteroid Flyby: Hayabusa2's 800-Meter Brush With Torifune

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https://1ban.news/hayabusa2-torifune-asteroid-flyby-800m/

#1ban #hayabusa2 #torifune #asteroid #flyby #science

#DoubleLobedAsteroid #Torifune
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260714.html

#APOD #Asteroid

2026-07-11 15:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-07-04)

WHERE IS HAYABUSA2♯?
- Barycentric speed: 34.44 km/s (-0.62 km/s)
- Torifune flyby - occurred

🪨 Relative to Torifune
- Distance (km): 2,868,696.76 km (+2,515,557.17 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.02 (+0.02)
- Light travel time: 0 min 9.57 s (+8.39 s)

🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 89,029,398.69 km (-6,622,707.38 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.60 (-0.04)
- Light travel time: 4 min 56.98 s (-22.09 s)

#Hayabusa2 #Torifune

The uncertainty region for #Hayabusa2 approaching #Torifune was about 300 m long. That combined with the asteroid's maximum radius to set the minimum safe flyby distance of 800 m. #ACM2026

The last session of #ACM2026 starts with Makoto Yoshikawa presenting the preliminary results of the #Hayabusa2 flyby of #Torifune on behalf of the mission team, who are still quite busy.

Japan's Hayabusa2 probe to conduct flyby of Torifune asteroid

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20260705_01/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48792980

#HackerNews #Hayabusa2 #Torifune #Asteroid #SpaceExploration #Japan #ScienceNews

Japan's Hayabusa2 Snaps Torifune The Snowman Asteroid To Demo 'Planetary Defence'

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://in.mashable.com/science/111718/japans-hayabusa2-snaps-torifune-the-snowman-asteroid-to-demo-planetary-defence

Hayabusa2 Captures Stunning Image of Two-Headed Asteroid Torifune 100 Million Kilometers from Earth

https://1ban.news/hayabusa2-torifune-two-headed-asteroid-photo/
#1ban #hayabusa2 #torifune #two #headed #space

We Just Got a Clear Photo of a Two-Headed Asteroid 62 Million Miles From Earth https://petapixel.com/2026/07/06/we-just-got-a-clear-photo-of-a-two-headed-asteroid-62-million-miles-from-earth/ #asteroid #torifune #Space #japan #probe #space #jaxa

#JAXA:
"
Hayabusa2 captures images of asteroid Torifune
"
".. JAXA successfully conducted a flyby of asteroid Torifune, the first asteroid exploration of the Hayabusa2 Extended Mission. On 5 July at 18:35 JST, the Hayabusa2 spacecraft was confirmed from ground communications to be operating normally. .."

".. pleased to share the following images and scientific data .."

https://global.jaxa.jp/press/2026/07/20260706-3_j.html

6.7.2026

#Asteroid #Hayabusa2 #ONC-T #Torifune #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #SpaceFlight #TIR

🛰️☄️ La sonde japonaise #Hayabusa2 a survolé le 5 juillet l'astéroïde #Torifune. Voici la première image dévoilée par la JAXA.
[Article à paraître demain matin sur https://reves-d-espace.com]

So sieht er aus, der Asteroid #Torifune: das beste Bild der Raumsonde Hayabusa 2 bei ihrem Vorbeihuschen gestern - in https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2026/07/06/das-sind-die-asteroiden-torifune-kamo%ca%bboalewa/ viele Links zu dem Erfolg wie auch der Ankunft von Tianwen-2 am Asteroiden Kamoʻoalewa, von dem es heute ebenfalls ein erstes Bild gab.

Hayabusa2 getting a lot of value out of itself, visiting a number of nearby rocks, even landing on and sampling one of them.

A proper Belter!

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/asteroid-comet-missions/japans-hayabusa2-probe-captures-remarkable-photo-of-a-two-headed-asteroid-62-million-miles-away

#Hayabusa2 #Torifune #Asteroids #Space #JAXA

#Torifune is looking like a kind chubby-knobbly-wobbly cosmos person.

Sorry, but in a time when people practise animism with chatbots, I may see a comic after watching those photos.
I'd give anything to be able to draw cartoons!

@AkaSci I see they've released a full colour version too. Fascinating.

#JAXA #Torifune

Hayabusa2 Torifune flyby sequence shown here

https://www.youtube.com/live/ptnVCeR3rqI?si=BX8eBVm26FCmfD23&t=687

#Torifune #Hayabusa2 #space #science #news #astrodon #asteroid

It's a day of fab asteroid news! 🤩 Image drop from yesterday's Japanese Space Agency JAXA high-speed close flyby of asteroid #Torifune (~450m across). This is the extension mission of #Hayabusa2, after its successful 2020 asteroid-sample collection from Ryugu. Next stop: another asteroid in 2031 🤩🔭🧪

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ok3ms3dzop7gcwejp7lswhpi/post/3mpxgtaogo22w

Asteroid Torifune captured by Hayabusa2

https://www.jaxa.jp/press/2026/07/20260706-3_j.html

#Torifune #Hayabusa2 #space #science #news #astrodon

The #JAXA press conference on the #Hayabusa2 flyby of asteroid #Torifune will stream at 7:00 UTC on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptnVCeR3rqI

Japan's #Hayabusa2 probe completes flyby of Torifune asteroid

JAXA will explain the results of the operation in detail at a news conference on Monday. If the probe successfully captured images of #Torifune, the agency plans to release them on Monday or later.

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20260705_01/

#space #science #news

🛰️☄️ La sonde #Hayabusa2 a effectué aujourd'hui le survol de l'astéroïde #Torifune.
Le contrôle au sol de la JAXA a confirmé que la sonde était en état de fonctionnement normal après le survol.
On attend les images dans les jours à venir.
📷 Live JAXA

While success of the Hayabusa 2 #Torifune flyby has been declared the image downlink takes time: https://bsky.app/profile/andrewjonesspace.bsky.social/post/3mpvemwffds2t

Ce dimanche 5 juillet, vers 11h30 UTC, la sonde #Hayabusa2 effectuera un survol au plus près de l'astéroïde #Torifune à une distance d'environ 1 km du centre de l'astéroïde à une vitesse relative de 5 km/s.
Pour suivre la sonde : https://haya2now.jp/en.html.
Un live est proposé par la JAXA : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl8CoHvky4I

RE: https://scicomm.xyz/@cosmos4u/116864432972937201

Heute früh fliegt die gebrauchte japanische Raumsonde #Hayabusa2 am #Asteroiden #Torifune vorbei - es gibt ab 8 Uhr MESZ eine Livesendung, mit japanischem Kommentar.

In 6 hours - at 6:00 UTC - a webcast (with commentary in Japanese) at https://www.youtube.com/live/tl8CoHvky4I will cover the #Hayabusa2 visit to #asteroid (98943) #Torifune. See also https://x.com/haya2_jaxa/status/2073388791822532727 for unresolved approach images, https://www.monitormyplanet.com/posts/5707 for a prediction of the rotation state during the encounter, https://global.jaxa.jp/press/2026/06/20260609-1_e.html for its importance, https://www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp/topics/20260703_direction/index.html for where the asteroid is in the sky and https://www.space.com/astronomy/asteroids/japanese-probe-set-for-super-close-flyby-on-july-5-were-going-to-discover-another-beast-to-put-in-the-zoo-of-asteroids and https://astropics.bookbright.co.jp/hayabusa2-torifune-flyby for preview articles.

2026-07-04 15:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-06-27)

WHERE IS HAYABUSA2♯?
- Barycentric speed: 35.06 km/s (-0.54 km/s)
- Torifune flyby in: 18 hours

🪨 Relative to Torifune
- Distance (km): 353,139.59 km (-3,243,495.37 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.00 (-0.02)
- Light travel time: 0 min 1.18 s (-10.82 s)

🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 95,652,106.07 km (-7,221,325.51 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.64 (-0.05)
- Light travel time: 5 min 19.07 s (-24.09 s)

#Hayabusa2 #Torifune

2026-06-27 15:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-06-20)

WHERE IS HAYABUSA2♯?
- Barycentric speed: 35.61 km/s (-0.44 km/s)
- Torifune flyby in: 7 days

🪨 Relative to Torifune
- Distance (km): 3,596,589.90 km (-3,438,873.40 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.02 (-0.02)
- Light travel time: 0 min 12.00 s (-11.47 s)

🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 102,873,508.99 km (-7,698,929.88 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.69 (-0.05)
- Light travel time: 5 min 43.16 s (-25.68 s)

#Hayabusa2 #Torifune

The #Hayabusa2 spacecraft in its extended mission has sighted the #asteroid (98943) #Torifune which it will pass on 5 July: https://www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp/topics/20260624_torifune/ - see also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs3434wHA_Y for a recorded press conference.