The Formation of a Rubble Pile Asteroid: Insights from the Asteroid Ryugu

The Formation of a Rubble Pile Asteroid: Insights from the Asteroid Ryugu

The Hayabusa2 mission returned primitive samples from the C-type asteroid Ryugu to Earth. The C-type asteroids hold clues to the origin of Earth’s water and the building blocks of life. The rubble pile structure of C-type asteroids is a crucial physical feature relating to their origin and evolution...

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Main Authors: Tsutomu Ota, Christian Potiszil, Katsura Kobayashi, Ryoji Tanaka, Hiroshi Kitagawa, Tak Kunihiro, Chie Sakaguchi, Masahiro Yamanaka, Eizo Nakamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-06-01
Series:Universe
Subjects:
rubble pile
asteroid
comet
sublimation
Ryugu
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/9/6/293

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