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The surface of the asteroid Ryugu taken by Hayabusa-2
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this post was submitted on 05 May 2026
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There is lots of weathering on mars
But not on an asteroid
They literally shot it with a 2kg copper slug (bullet) to expose parts that were not weathered to collect samples