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Sample collection from asteroid (162173) Ryugu by Hayabusa2: Implications for surface evolution
Author(s) -
Tomokatsu Morota,
Seiji Sugita,
Yuichiro Cho,
Masanori Kanamaru,
Eri Tatsumi,
Naoya Sakatani,
Rie Honda,
N. Hirata,
Hiroshi Kikuchi,
Manabu Yamada,
Y. Yokota,
S. Kameda,
M. Matsuoka,
Hirotaka Sawada,
C. Honda,
Toru Kouyama,
Kazunori Ogawa,
Hidehiko Suzuki,
Kazuo Yoshioka,
M. Hayakawa,
Naru Hirata,
M. Hirabayashi,
Hideaki Miyamoto,
T. Michikami,
T. Hiroi,
Ryodo Hemmi,
O. S. Barnouin,
C. M. Ernst,
K. Kitazato,
Tomoki Nakamura,
L. Riu,
H. Senshu,
Hiroshi Kobayashi,
S. Sasaki,
G. Komatsu,
Naoya Tanabe,
Y. Fujii,
T. Irie,
M. Suemitsu,
Naofumi Takaki,
C. Sugimoto,
Koki Yumoto,
M. Ishida,
Hideki Kato,
K. Moroi,
D. Domingue,
Patrick Michel,
C. Pilorget,
Takahiro Iwata,
Masanao Abe,
M. Ohtake,
Yusuke Nakauchi,
Kohji Tsumura,
Hikaru Yabuta,
Y. Ishihara,
Rioguchi,
Koji Matsumoto,
Akira Miura,
N. Namiki,
Shogo Tachibana,
Masahiko Arakawa,
Hitoshi Ikeda,
Koji Wada,
Takahide Mizuno,
Chikako Hirose,
S Hosoda,
Osamu Mori,
T. Shimada,
Stefania Soldini,
Ryudo Tsukizaki,
Hajime Yano,
M. Ozaki,
Hiroshi Takeuchi,
Yukio Yamamoto,
T. Okada,
Yuri Shimaki,
K. Shirai,
Y. Iijima,
Hirotomo Noda,
Shota Kikuchi,
Tomohiro Yamaguchi,
Naoko Ogawa,
Go Ono,
Yuya Mimasu,
Kent Yoshikawa,
T. Takahashi,
Yuto Takei,
Atsushi Fujii,
Satoru Nakazawa,
Fuyuto Terui,
S. Tanaka,
M. Yoshikawa,
Takanao Saiki,
Seiichiro Watanabe,
Yuichi Tsuda
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556
H-Index - 1186
eISSN - 1095-9203
pISSN - 0036-8075
DOI - 10.1126/science.aaz6306
Subject(s) - asteroid , astrobiology , sample (material) , surface (topology) , physics , mathematics , geometry , thermodynamics
Collecting a sample of asteroid Ryugu The Hayabusa2 spacecraft recently traveled to the nearby carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu to collect samples and return them to Earth for laboratory analysis. Morotaet al. describe Hayabusa2's first sample collection, taken during a brief touchdown on Ryugu's surface. Close-up images and video taken during the sampling process allowed the authors to investigate the surface colors and morphology on a small scale. Relating these to the surface craters and stratigraphy constrains the evolution of Ryugu. The authors conclude that the asteroid experienced a prior period of strong solar heating caused by changes in its orbit. The sample is expected to arrive on Earth in December 2020.Science , this issue p.654

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