Japan’s Hayabusa2 capsule returned to earth from an asteroid 180 million miles away…

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How the hell did it travel such a long distance?

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The asteroid was 180 million miles from earth. But the entire flight covered 5.2 billion miles. Its way less direct but using gravity boosts from other objects is way faster than a direct path.

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