{"id":154109,"date":"2026-07-06T13:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T13:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=154109"},"modified":"2026-07-06T13:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T13:00:10","slug":"chinas-asteroid-hunter-closes-in-on-target-after-400-day-trip-though-size-is-a-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=154109","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s asteroid hunter closes in on target after 400-day trip, though size is a surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: China – South China Morning PostChina\u2019s Tianwen-2 spacecraft has captured its first close-up image of a near-Earth asteroid, revealing that the target is even smaller than anticipated \u2013 a factor scientists say will make the sample-return task \u201cfar more difficult\u201d than previous Japanese and American missions.
\nThe probe captured images about 20km (12.4 miles) from asteroid 2016 HO3 during its approach phase, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced on Monday.<\/p>\n

It was close enough for the spacecraft to begin…Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: China – South China Morning PostChina\u2019s Tianwen-2 spacecraft has captured its first close-up image of a near-Earth asteroid, revealing that the target is even smaller than anticipated \u2013 a… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154109"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}