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Asteroid Ryugu shaken by Hayabusa2’s impactor

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Hayabusa2 mission members discovered more than 200 boulders, which either newly appeared or moved as a result of the artificial impact crater created by the Japanese spacecraft’s Small Carry-on Impactor. Boulders were disturbed within a 30m radius from the impact crater center- providing important insight into asteroids’ resurfacing processes.

Source: ScienceDaily.com