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Hayabusa2 asteroid explorer unveiled

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 27, 2014, at the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan shows the Hayabusa2 asteroid explorer to be launched on Nov. 30. Hayabusa2 will target an asteroid named "1999 JU3" in 2018 and return to Earth in 2020 in a mission to clarify the origin of the solar system.

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Japan soliciting name for asteroid targeted by space probe

Makoto Yoshikawa, associate professor at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, shows a model of Asteroid 1999 JU3 at a press conference in Tokyo on July 21, 2015. JAXA is soliciting a name for the asteroid where space explorer Hayabusa 2 is heading. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hayabusa2 asteroid explorer unveiled

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 27, 2014, at the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan shows the Hayabusa2 asteroid explorer to be launched on Nov. 30. Hayabusa2 will target an asteroid named "1999 JU3" in 2018 and return to Earth in 2020 in a mission to clarify the origin of the solar system. (Kyodo)