Ryugu asteroid sample return provides a natural laboratory for ...
May 30, 2023 · The samples returned from near-Earth asteroid (162173) Ryugu provide a pristine record of the 4.6 billion years since the birth of the Solar System. The Hayabusa2 initial analysis team has...
Sample return reveals that the asteroid Ryugu is a carbon-rich ...
Jan 6, 2022 · Samples returned from the carbonaceous (C-type) asteroid 162173 Ryugu by the Hayabusa2 mission were preliminarily analysed in a non-destructive manner.
162173 Ryugu - Wikipedia
162173 Ryugu (provisional designation 1999 JU 3) is a near-Earth object and a potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group. It measures approximately 900 metres (3,000 ft) in diameter and is a dark object of the rare spectral type Cb, [11] with qualities of both a C-type asteroid and a B-type asteroid.
A crucial building block of life exists on the asteroid Ryugu
Mar 21, 2023 · Uracil, a building block of life, has been found on the asteroid Ryugu. Yasuhiro Oba and colleagues discovered the precursor to life in samples collected from the asteroid and returned to Earth...
Evidence from 162173 Ryugu for the influence of freeze–thaw on …
Sep 26, 2024 · Here we report the discovery of multiple fracture and vein sets in a sample from the C-type asteroid 162173 Ryugu that acted as pathways for the migration of distal fluids during its aqueous...
Hayabusa2 samples reveal the effects of space weathering on asteroid Ryugu
May 3, 2024 · Using samples collected by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) asteroid explorer Hayabusa2, scientists have found the effects of micrometeoroid bombardments on asteroid 162173 Ryugu....
Hayabusa2 arrives at the carbonaceous asteroid 162173 Ryugu…
Mar 19, 2019 · The Japanese mission Hayabusa2 is designed to collect samples directly from the surface of an asteroid and return them to Earth for laboratory analysis. Three papers in this issue describe the Hayabusa2 team's study of the near-Earth carbonaceous asteroid 162173 Ryugu, at which the spacecraft arrived in June 2018 (see the Perspective by Wurm).
The surface composition of asteroid 162173 Ryugu from ... - Science
Mar 19, 2019 · The near-Earth asteroid 162173 Ryugu, the target of the Hayabusa2 sample-return mission, is thought to be a primitive carbonaceous object. We report reflectance spectra of Ryugu’s surface acquired ...
Sample collection from asteroid (162173) Ryugu by Hayabusa2
May 8, 2020 · The Hayabusa2 spacecraft recently traveled to the nearby carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu to collect samples and return them to Earth for laboratory analysis. Morota et al. describe Hayabusa2's first sample collection, taken during a brief touchdown on Ryugu's surface.
Tiny fragments of a 4-billion-year-old asteroid reveal its history
Oct 31, 2024 · In June 2018, Japan's Hayabusa 2 mission reached asteroid 162173 Ryugu. It studied the asteroid for about 15 months, deploying small rovers and a lander, before gathering a sample and returning...