Planetary Society on X: “JAXA's Hayabusa2 flew within 400 meters (1,300 feet) of asteroid Torif…”

A fast, private reader for public X posts. No account, no tracking, no pop-ups.

PeekX is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by X Corp. “X” and “Twitter” are trademarks of their respective owners. We only show posts that their authors made public and never access private or protected accounts. Downloaded media belongs to its creators — please respect their rights.

Username or post link

Home / @exploreplanets / Post

Planetary Society

@exploreplanets

JAXA's Hayabusa2 flew within 400 meters (1,300 feet) of asteroid Torifune on July 5 and confirmed that it's a contact binary, two lobes stuck together. Tune in to Planetary Radio to hear what this extended mission flyby revealed about this rare contact binary and what it means

planetary.orgHayabusa2 flies by asteroid Torifune

Sep 24, 2026, 3:55 PM UTC

2 102

Downloads

This post has no photos or videos. You can still save it as an image or copy its text below.

Save & share

Turn this post into a clean image, or copy it as text or Markdown.

Open on X

Planetary Society on X: “JAXA's Hayabusa2 flew within 400 meters (1,300 feet) of asteroid Torif…” | PeekX