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Full rotation of Ryugu from optical navigation images
Full rotation of Ryugu from optical navigation images These 16 images of Ryugu taken with the optical navigation camera cover a full rotation of the asteroid, which takes 7.6 hours. The images were taken during Hayabusa2's closest-yet approach to the asteroid on 6 August 2018 with its wide-angle camera. JAXA / Emily Lakdawalla