{"id":15210427,"date":"2026-07-15T04:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T08:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/after-a-billion-kilometres-chinas-asteroid-hunter-finally-arrives\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T07:33:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T11:33:26","slug":"after-a-billion-kilometres-chinas-asteroid-hunter-finally-arrives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/after-a-billion-kilometres-chinas-asteroid-hunter-finally-arrives\/","title":{"rendered":"After a Billion Kilometres, China&#039;s Asteroid Hunter Finally Arrives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/article_images\/First_look_at_Kamooalewa_from_Tianwen-2_20260715_044947.jpg\" alt=\"Kamo\u02bboalewa, also known as 2016 HO3, a small near-Earth asteroid and quasi-satellite of Earth, now the target of China&apos;s Tianwen-2 sample return mission (Credit : NASA\/JPL-Caltech)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After chasing a small asteroid across a billion kilometres of space, China&#8217;s Tianwen-2 probe has finally caught up, closing to within twenty kilometres of its target and beginning detailed scientific study. What it uncovers next could help settle a genuinely intriguing question, whether this quiet companion of Earth is simply another asteroid, or a long lost piece of the Moon itself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/articles\/after-a-billion-kilometres-chinas-asteroid-hunter-finally-arrives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Universe Today<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After chasing a small asteroid across a billion kilometres of space, China&#8217;s Tianwen-2 probe has finally caught up, closing to within twenty kilometres of its target and beginning detailed scientific study. 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