On Sunday, an uncrewed Japanese spacecraft screamed past an asteroid named Torifune at 11,000 mph. And as it hurtled within 2,600 feet of its surface — extremely close, in space terms — it took a photograph. Before this, very little was known about Torifune, except that it was an intriguing speck hurtling through the solar system.
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