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27th September 2018
02:32pm BST

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This is the very first-time rovers have ever landed on the surface of an asteroid, and the pictures show the rocky terrain of Ryugu in incredible detail.
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In the above image, you can see the shadow of the antenna and pin of the rover itself, which helps increase friction when the robots hop around the surface.
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The robots weigh 1kg and travel by jumping, using the asteroid's low gravity to help and they move and take pictures autonomously.
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Jaxa says both 1A and 1B are "in good condition and are transmitting images and data". The two rovers will eventually be joined by another built by scientists in Germany and France - Mascot - that will further explore the surface.
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The asteroid, previously known as 162173 Ryugu, is around 1km in diameter and roughly spherical. It orbits the Sun at a distance between 0.96 and 1.41 AU (the distance between the Sun and the Earth is 1 astronomical unit) every 16 months.
It is believed to asteroids such as Ryugu are remnants of the solar system’s creation about 4.5 billion years ago. This unprecedented look at the asteroid could hold the key to uncovering more of our system's ancient history.
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