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Context. After landing on C-type asteroid Ryugu, MASCOT imaged brightlycolored, submillimeter-sized inclusions in a small rock. Hayabusa2 successfullyreturned a sample of small particles from the surface of Ryugu, but none ofthese appear to harbor such inclusions. The samples are consideredrepresentative of Ryugu. Aims. To understand the apparent discrepancy betweenMASCOT observations and Ryugu samples, we assess whether the MASCOT landingsite, and the rock by implication, is perhaps atypical for Ryugu. Methods. Weanalyzed observations of the MASCOT landing area acquired by three instrumentson board Hayabusa2: a camera (ONC), a near-infrared spectrometer (NIRS3), and athermal infrared imager (TIR). We compared the landing area properties thusretrieved with those of the average Ryugu surface. Results. We selected severalareas and landforms in the landing area for analysis: a small crater, acollection of smooth rocks, and the landing site itself. The crater isrelatively blue and the rocks are relatively red. The spectral andthermophysical properties of the landing site are very close to those of theaverage Ryugu surface. The spectral properties of the MASCOT rock are probablyclose to average, but its thermal inertia may be somewhat higher. Conclusions.The MASCOT rock can also be considered representative of Ryugu. Some of thesubmillimeter-sized particles in the returned samples stand out because oftheir atypical spectral properties. Such particles may be present as inclusionsin the MASCOT rock.

Characterization of the MASCOT landing area by Hayabusa2