Asteroid Ryugu before the Hayabusa2 encounter

Asteroid Ryugu before the Hayabusa2 encounter

Abstract Asteroid (162173) Ryugu is the target object of Hayabusa2, an asteroid exploration and sample return mission led by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Ground-based observations indicate that Ryugu is a C-type near-Earth asteroid with a diameter of less than 1 km, but the knowledge o...

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Main Authors: Koji Wada, Matthias Grott, Patrick Michel, Kevin J. Walsh, Antonella M. Barucci, Jens Biele, Jürgen Blum, Carolyn M. Ernst, Jan Thimo Grundmann, Bastian Gundlach, Axel Hagermann, Maximilian Hamm, Martin Jutzi, Myung-Jin Kim, Ekkehard Kührt, Lucille Le Corre, Guy Libourel, Roy Lichtenheldt, Alessandro Maturilli, Scott R. Messenger, Tatsuhiro Michikami, Hideaki Miyamoto, Stefano Mottola, Thomas Müller, Akiko M. Nakamura, Larry R. Nittler, Kazunori Ogawa, Tatsuaki Okada, Ernesto Palomba, Naoya Sakatani, Stefan E. Schröder, Hiroki Senshu, Driss Takir, Michael E. Zolensky, International Regolith Science Group (IRSG) in Hayabusa2 project
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-12-01
Series:Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
Subjects:
Hayabusa2
Ryugu
Asteroids
Regolith
Physical properties
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40645-018-0237-y

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