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		</div><p>A Japanese spacecraft has departed from a distant asteroid, starting a year-long journey home after collecting soil samples and data that could provide clues to the origins of the solar system.</p>
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<p>The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) said the Hayabusa2 left its orbit around the asteroid Ryugu, about 180 million miles from Earth.</p>
<p>Hayabusa2 on Wednesday captured and transmitted to Earth one of its final images of Ryugu, or Dragon Palace, named after a sea-bottom castle in a Japanese folk tale, as it slowly began moving away from its temporary home, the agency said.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">[Japan 13:20 JST] Today’s operation is coming to an end. We took a commemorative photo of everyone during the operation. The lively atmosphere is calm and just a few people are now in the control room. (ð· ISAS/JAXA) <a href="https://t.co/NWTKD4ttQo">pic.twitter.com/NWTKD4ttQo</a></p>
<p>&mdash; HAYABUSA2@JAXA (@haya2e_jaxa) <a href="https://twitter.com/haya2e_jaxa/status/1194472529450156032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The probe will continue its “farewell filming” of the asteroid for a few more days.</p>
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<p>Hayabusa2 will adjust its position around November 18 after retreating 40 miles from the asteroid and out of its the gravitational pull. It will then receive a signal from Jaxa to ignite a main engine in early December en route to the Earth’s vicinity.</p>
<p>The spacecraft made touchdowns on the asteroid twice, despite difficulties caused by Ryugu’s rocky surface, and collected data and samples during its 18-month mission since arriving in June 2018.</p>
<p>In the first touchdown in February, it collected surface dust samples. In July, it collected underground samples for the first time in space history after landing in a crater it had earlier created by blasting the asteroid surface.</p>
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