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Phys.org · United States · China's Tianwen-2 closes on a quasi-moon for a first-of-its-kind asteroid grab
Reports a Chinese Academy of Sciences study, led by Yang Li, challenging the theory that Kamo'oalewa is lunar debris and arguing it came from the Flora asteroid family, reframing what Tianwen-2's samples may reveal just as the probe arrives.
“Kamo'oalewa probably originated from the Flora family, the team argues, not from the Moon, reframing what the mission may find.”