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Near Earth Asteroid
The asteroid was initially spotted by amateur astronomer Gennadiy Borisov on Saturday and reported to the Minor Planet Center (MPC)
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For the first time, Webb and Hubble have simultaneously captured imagery from the same target in the cosmos
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About two hours after the capsule''s reentry, JAXA said its helicopter search team found the capsule in the planned landing area
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Nasa estimates the asteroid's relative speed at around 8.16 kilometres per second
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At roughly 10 to 20 feet (3 to 6 meters) across, asteroid 2020 QG is very small by asteroid standards
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Nightingale, OSIRIS-REx's primary sample collection site, is located within a crater in Bennu's northern hemisphere