Origin of asteroid (469219) Kamo`oalewa: Moon or main belt?

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    Jeremy Shears
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    This A&A preprint on ArXiv today considers whether this Near-Earth Asteroid, target of the Tianwen-2 sample-return mission by CNSA, originates in the main asteroid belt or the Giordano Bruno crater on the Moon.

    Spoiler alert: most likely the former.

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