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Hayabusa2 Mission Overview [PDF]
Space Science Reviews, 2017 The Hayabusa2 mission journeys to C-type near-Earth asteroid (162173) Ryugu (1999 JU3) to observe and explore the 900 m-sized object, as well as return samples collected from the surface layer.
Sei-Ichiro Watanabe +2 more
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Asteroid Ryugu before the Hayabusa2 encounter [PDF]
Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 2018 Asteroid (162173) Ryugu is the target object of Hayabusa2, an asteroid exploration and sample return mission led by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
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Hayabusa2 operation for MASCOT delivery to Ryugu surface
Planetary and Space Science, 2021 The asteroid explorer Hayabusa2 was launched by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on December 3rd, 2014. The primary mission of the spacecraft is to sample pieces of the asteroid and return it to Earth for more advanced scientific analysis on the
Yuya Mimasu, T Okada, Yuto Takei
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Constraining surface properties of asteroid (162173) Ryugu from numerical simulations of Hayabusa2 mission impact experiment. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2022 The Hayabusa2 mission impact experiment on asteroid Ryugu created an unexpectedly large crater. The associated regime of low-gravity, low-strength cratering remained largely unexplored so far, because these impact conditions cannot be re-created in ...
Jutzi M +4 more
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Planetary and Space Science, 2018 Thermal Infrared Imager TIR on Hayabusa2 has proven its in-flight performance to detect celestial bodies during the cruise phase, especially by the observations of the Earth and the Moon before and after the Earth swing-by on 3rd of December 2015.
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Characterization of the MASCOT landing area by Hayabusa2 [PDF]
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2022 Context. After landing on C-type asteroid Ryugu, MASCOT imaged brightly colored, submillimeter-sized inclusions in a small rock. Hayabusa2 successfully returned a sample of small particles from the surface of Ryugu, but none of these appear to harbor ...
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MASCOT—A Mobile Lander On-board the Hayabusa2 Spacecraft—Operations on Ryugu
Springer Aerospace Technology, 2022 MASCOT (‘Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout’) is a 10 kg mobile surface science package part of JAXA’s Hayabusa2 sample return mission. The mission was launched in December 2014 from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. The Hayabusa2 spacecraft reached the target
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, 2022 Hayabusa2 re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere and landed in Woomera, Australia on the 5th December 2020. Although the re-entry time and date were fixed, the decision to undertake the Australian Hayabusa2 observation mission was made on the 27th November ...
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Trajectory Analysis of the Hayabusa2 Capsule from a Single Airborne Observation
, 2023 The reentry trajectory of the Hayabusa2 capsule has been measured using a single video stream captured during the Australian Airborne Observation of the Hayabusa2 capsule.
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Australian rapid-response airborne observation of the Hayabusa2 reentry
, 2021 In this study, researchers demonstrated the capability to undertake a short notice observation mission through the Hayabusa2 observation mission. They analyzed the technical challenges and successes associated with the planning and execution in the ...
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