China unveils image of asteroid possibly Earth's quasi-moon ahead of sample return
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China released the first image of an asteroid some astronomers say could be a fragment from the Moon, and the Tianwen-2 mission is planned to collect a sample and return it to Earth.
- China releases first photo of an asteroid some consider Earth’s ‘quasi moon’ NBC News
- Chinese spacecraft Tianwen-2 beams back first image of Earth’s “mini moon” Scientific American
- Chinese Tianwen-2 space probe reaches asteroid for sampling DW.com
- China's Tianwen-2 probe reaches target asteroid, starts scientific exploration Xinhua
- Tianwen-2 arrives at asteroid Kamo’oalewa, first image revealed SpaceNews
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