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Torifune from Hayabusa2

Hayabusa2 flies by asteroid Torifune

NASA Chief Scientist for Small Body Exploration at Johnson Space Center, Paul Abell, takes us inside Hayabusa2's flyby of asteroid Torifune and the surprise discovery that it's a contact binary.