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Originally posted by JimOberg
Problem is -- the Chinese probe hasn't been mentioned in their official press for months.
Originally posted by wildespace
Originally posted by JimOberg
Problem is -- the Chinese probe hasn't been mentioned in their official press for months.
You read official Chinese press? I found one article posted today: www.21cbh.com...
Plenty of English news articles too, just use Google.
Looking forward to what the probe will see. I'm quite impressed with the radar images, they surpass anything we could ever see in a telescope.
Originally posted by Phage
Seems it took a trip to the L2 point a year or so ago. 4179 Toutatis will be passing close by so it wouldn't take a lot of delta V to make a pass. Tricky though.
Originally posted by JimOberg
Thanks for the links, I couldn't open the Chinese one -- what does it say?
Originally posted by Mosthated718bx
Thought you guys might like this, very nice to see in action.
Astroid 4179