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Derivation of 1.064 μm normal albedos on the C-type asteroid Ryugu from laser pulse intensity measurement of the Hayabusa2 LIDAR

open access: yesEarth, Planets and Space, 2022
Japanese asteroid explorer Hayabusa2 arrived at C-type asteroid 162,173 Ryugu in June 2018. The laser altimeter (LIDAR) onboard Hayabusa2 measured its own transmitted laser and returned pulse intensities from a Ryugu surface until November 2019.
Ryuhei Yamada   +12 more
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Space weathering acts strongly on the uppermost surface of Ryugu

open access: yesCommunications Earth & Environment, 2023
Returned samples from Cb-type asteroid (162173) Ryugu exhibit very dark spectra in visible and near-infrared ranges, generally consistent with the Hayabusa2 observations. A critical difference is that a structural water absorption of hydrous silicates is
Moe Matsuoka   +56 more
doaj   +1 more source

Macromolecular organic matter in samples of the asteroid (162173) Ryugu

open access: yesScience, 2023
Samples of the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu were collected and brought to Earth by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft. We investigated the macromolecular organic matter in Ryugu samples and found that it contains aromatic and aliphatic carbon, ketone, and ...
H. Yabuta   +129 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A newly revised estimation of bulk densities and examination of the shape of individual Ryugu grains

open access: yesEarth, Planets and Space, 2023
The bulk density of grains from a celestial body is a fundamental property related to its composition and structure, contributing to the understanding of its evolutionary history. In this study, we provide the bulk density of 637 grains returned from the
Akiko Miyazaki   +21 more
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The Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Samples Returned from Asteroid Ryugu with Implications for the Nature of the Parent Planetesimal

open access: yesThe Planetary Science Journal, 2023
We present oxygen isotopic analyses of fragments of the near-Earth C _b -type asteroid Ryugu returned by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft that reinforce the close correspondence between Ryugu and CI chondrites.
Haolan Tang   +89 more
doaj   +1 more source

Thermal Infrared Imaging Experiments of C-Type Asteroid 162173 Ryugu on Hayabusa2 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The thermal infrared imager TIR onboard Hayabusa2 has been developed to investigate thermo-physical properties of C-type, near-Earth asteroid 162173 Ryugu.
A. Fujiwara   +52 more
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Rare earth element identification and quantification in millimetre-sized Ryugu rock fragments from the Hayabusa2 space mission

open access: yesEarth, Planets and Space, 2022
Millimetre-sized primordial rock fragments originating from asteroid Ryugu were investigated using high energy X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, providing 2D and 3D elemental distribution and quantitative composition information on the microscopic level ...
Pieter Tack   +37 more
doaj   +1 more source

Photometric behavior of Ryugu’s NIR spectral parameters

open access: yesAstronomy & Astrophysics, 2022
Context. JAXA’s Hayabusa2 mission rendezvoused the Ryugu asteroid for 1.5 years to clarify the carbonaceous asteroids’ record for Solar System origin and evolution. Aims. We studied the photometric behavior of the spectral parameters characterizing the near-infrared (NIR) spectra of Ryugu provided by the Hayabusa2/NIRS3 instrument, that is to say 1.9 ...
Longobardo, Andrea   +29 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Ground-based Characterization of Hayabusa2 Mission Target Asteroid 162173 Ryugu: Constraining Mineralogical Composition in Preparation for Spacecraft Operations

open access: yes, 2017
Asteroids that are targets of spacecraft missions are interesting because they present us with an opportunity to validate ground-based spectral observations. One such object is near-Earth asteroid (NEA) (162173) Ryugu, which is the target of the Japanese
Becker, Kris J.   +9 more
core   +1 more source

On the origin and evolution of the asteroid Ryugu: A comprehensive geochemical perspective

open access: yesProceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and biological sciences, 2022
Presented here are the observations and interpretations from a comprehensive analysis of 16 representative particles returned from the C-type asteroid Ryugu by the Hayabusa2 mission.
Eizo Nakamura   +89 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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