Hayabusa2# – flyby of near-Earth asteroid (98943) Torifune on 2026 July 5

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5 May 2026 at 4:19 pm #638240
Alex Pratt
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The May 2026 Newsletter from ESA’s NEO Coordination Centre gives details of this spacecraft flyby – see attached and also available from:

https://neo.ssa.esa.int/newsletters

It refers to this paper on arXiv

https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.08832

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1. Newsletter-May-2026.pdf
5 July 2026 at 11:04 am #641889

Alex Pratt
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https://www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp/en/

https://global.jaxa.jp/press/2026/06/20260609-1_e.html

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6 July 2026 at 8:12 pm #641914

Alex Pratt
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High-quality image of this contact binary asteroid taken during the flyby

https://global.jaxa.jp/press/2026/07/20260706-3_j.html

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7 July 2026 at 9:31 pm #641932

Michael O’Connell
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Not sure why, but this link works better for me Alex.

https://global.jaxa.jp/press/2026/07/20260706-3_e.html

7 July 2026 at 9:39 pm #641933

Alex Pratt
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Thanks Michael,

I think they slightly changed the URL.

Cheers,

Alex.
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