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Bruce Murray Space Image Library

Asteroids and comets visited by spacecraft as of June 2018, in color [DEPRECATED]

Asteroids and comets visited by spacecraft as of June 2018, in color [DEPRECATED] — Asteroids and comets visited by spacecraft as of June 2018, in color [DEPRECATED] A montage of 17 of the 18 asteroids and comets that had been photographed up close as of June 2018, when Hayabusa2 arrived at Ryugu. Click here for an updated version, which includes additional worlds. Montage by Emily Lakdawalla. Data from NASA / JPL / JHUAPL / UMD / JAXA / ESA / OSIRIS team / Russian Academy of Sciences / China National Space Agency. Processed by Emily Lakdawalla, Daniel Machacek, Ted Stryk, Gordan Ugarkovic.

For other versions (with correct relative albedo, rearranged, and/or with differently organized text) contact Emily Lakdawalla.

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