majestic guy@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoThe surface of the asteroid Ryugu taken by Hayabusa-2lemmy.worldimagemessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up1407arrow-down11
arrow-up1406arrow-down1imageThe surface of the asteroid Ryugu taken by Hayabusa-2lemmy.worldmajestic guy@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square45linkfedilink
minus-squareNιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoIt just means fast lol. Hayabusa is just Japanese for peregrine falcon, the haya probably deriving from fast, busa being some sort of suffix used for animals, I think (don’t quote me on that last bit).
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI’m 98% sure my source is correct
It just means fast lol. Hayabusa is just Japanese for peregrine falcon, the haya probably deriving from fast, busa being some sort of suffix used for animals, I think (don’t quote me on that last bit).
I’m 98% sure my source is correct
98.9% at least