China's Tianwen-2 Mission Sends First Photo of Mysterious 'Quasi-Moon' Asteroid
TL;DR
China's Tianwen 2 spacecraft has sent back its first public image as it heads towards the quasi-moon asteroid Kamo'oalewa, with the mission aiming to study, sample, and return material from the asteroid, which could be a lunar fragment ejected by a giant impact, before proceeding to further targets in the solar system.
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