China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft has reached Kamo'oalewa, a temporary quasi-moon of Earth. The mission faces challenges due to the asteroid's small size and fragile structure. Sample collection will be significantly more difficult than initially anticipated by scientists. Successful sample return would make China the third nation to achieve this feat. The mission aims to provide insights into the early Solar System and asteroid origins.

Se la conoce como asteroide 2016HO3, o Kamoʻoalewa.Una sonda china acaba de enviar su primera imagen a 20 lm de distancia de ella.

Some scientists believe the quasi-moon could have been created when a massive impact knocked a chunk of our own moon into space between 1 million and 10 million years ago.

La sonda china Tianwen-2 logró captar la imagen más cercana y detallada jamás obtenida de Kamoʻoalewa, un misterioso cuasisatélite que acompaña a la Tierra en su recorrido…

Der Asteroid 2016 HO3 ist einer von nur sieben derzeit bekannten Himmelskörpern, die als „Quasi-Satelliten“ bekannt sind. Er kreist in großer Entfernung mit der Erde um die Sonne.…

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Chinas Sonde Tianwen-2 erreicht den Quasi-Mond Kamo'oalewa. Erste Bilder sind da: Ist der Asteroid wirklich ein abgesprengtes Mond-Fragment?

La misión espacial de China comenzó las primeras operaciones científicas a unos 20 kilómetros del asteroide 2016 HO3.

A soli 20 chilometri dal corpo celeste, le prime immagini ravvicinate mostrano un asteroide minuscolo e velocissimo. Si riaccende il dibattito sulle sue origini misteriose

Tianwen-2 ficou a cerca de 20 quilômetros da rocha, de 18 m de comprimento

China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft has reached Kamo'oalewa, a temporary quasi-moon of Earth. The mission faces challenges due to the asteroid's small size and fragile structure. …

The probe sent back the first pictures of the asteroid Kamo’oalewa. Next step: landing on the surface and collecting samples to send back to Earth.

China has released the first image of the near-Earth asteroid Kamoʻoalewa, an object often described as Earth's "quasi moon."