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China Released First Ever Picture of Earth's Quasi-Moon Kamo'oalewa

2026-07-10 Science & Technology
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Support this channel on Patreon to help me make this a full time job: https://www.patreon.com/whatdamath (Unreleased videos, extra footage, DMs, no ads) Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: http://paypal.me/whatdamath Get a Wonderful Person Tee: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath More cool designs are on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QFIrFX Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the Chinese mission to Earth's minimoon Links: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11214-026-01268-9 #tianwen2 #moon #space 0:00 Quasi moon of Earth - Kamo'oalewa 1:50 What is this object? 3:35 What is China's goal here? 5:20 Spectral analysis and similarity to the Moon's surface 7:00 Major questions 7:45 Next target - a 6 tail comet 9:20 Implications for science and importance for China Enjoy and please subscribe Bitcoin/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow! bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4 or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF The hardware used to record these videos: New Camera: https://amzn.to/4pCVINS CPU: https://amzn.to/4qXIaxC Video Card: https://amzn.to/2M1W26C Motherboard: https://amzn.to/2JYGiQQ RAM: https://amzn.to/2Mwy2t4 PSU: https://amzn.to/2LZcrIH Case: https://amzn.to/2MwJZz4 Microphone: https://amzn.to/2t5jTv0 Mixer: https://amzn.to/2JOL0oF Recording and Editing: https://amzn.to/2LX6uvU Some of the above are affiliate links, meaning I would get a (very small) percentage of the price paid. Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships Credit: Mark Garlick www.markgarlick.com 中国新闻社 CC BY 3.0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs-iJUwiCWM Richard Wainscoat/CFHT/Canadian Astronomy Data Centre (processed by User:Nrco0e) CC BY 4.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/469219_Kamoʻoalewa#/media/File:Kamo'oalewa_CFHT_2016-04-28_annotated.gif Phoenix7777 CC BY SA 4.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/469219_Kamoʻoalewa#/media/File:Animation_of_2016_HO3_orbit_relative_to_Sun-Earth_2000-2300.gif https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/469219_Kamo%CA%BBoalewa#/media/File:Animation_of_2016_HO3_orbit_around_Sun.gif Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses

Top Comments (10)

@johnosullivan675 2026-07-10

Everybody is complaining about the picture quality from 20km distance, and none of them seem to know that this thing is only 18m across.

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@______6057 2026-07-11

This is arguably the best channel on YouTube. Thank you Anton for keeping it real and not selling out. Phenomenal my guy.☺️👍

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@LordZero666 2026-07-10

This is pretty cool. When I went to Japan there was a copy of Hayabusa-2 and you could see authentic asteroid samples in a microscope. Reaching a celestial body and bringing prices back is incredible.

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@pahtar7189 2026-07-11

This is a seriously ambitious mission of a sort only a couple other space agencies have even attempted. It will be impressive if they pull it off.

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@BASE_xrp 2026-07-11

You have no idea how great it was to see you smile, today especially. Thank you Anton.

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@jimcurtis9052 2026-07-10

Wonderful as always Anton. Thank you.

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@Nicole_the_painter 2026-07-11

I'm so happy that they shared the photo. I hope that they continue to share their data as the mission goes on so all of the scientific community can benefit.

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@michaelwatts1810 2026-07-10

With it fast rotation this is going to be a very difficult mission. I wish them success.

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@sfleisher 2026-07-11

Too many people don’t know about this and never will which is sad 😢

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@pipipip815 2026-07-11

Space exploration should be something that unites us all

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