Ryugu

192 seconds after the impact of a slug shot by Hayabusa2 a crater forms on the asteroid Ryugu. Credit: Arakawa et al.
Watch as Hayabusa2 blasts a 17.6-meter-wide crater into an asteroid
Phil Plait
Mar 27, 2020
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Elizabeth Rayne
Feb 25, 2020
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Ryugu’s history has been… weird
Phil Plait
Dec 12, 2019
A 3D model of the surface of the asteroid Ryugu created from Hayabusa2 data. Note that in frame A, the rock Catafo Saxum sits right in the center, marking the meridian (0° longitude) of Ryugu. Credit: Watanabe et al.
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Hayabusa2 is leaving the asteroid Ryugu and heading back to Earth
Phil Plait
Nov 14, 2019
Artwork showing Hayabusa2 arriving at the tiny asteroid Ryugu. Credit: Akihiro Ikeshita
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The asteroid Ryugu is a weird, fragile thing
Phil Plait
Aug 26, 2019
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Japan once again shoots a bullet at an asteroid… and the video is amazing.
Phil Plait
Jul 29, 2019
Artwork showing Hayabusa2 arriving at the tiny asteroid Ryugu. Credit: Akihiro Ikeshita
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Hayabusa2 made it! Perfect asteroid touchdown
Elizabeth Rayne
Jul 13, 2019
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Yes, Japan just bombed an asteroid
Elizabeth Rayne
Apr 5, 2019
JAXA's Hayabusa2 spacecraft bombing a crater into the asteroid Ryugu
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AMAZING video: Hayabusa-2 shot a bullet at an asteroid and collected the shrapnel
Phil Plait
Mar 6, 2019
As Hayabusa2 ascends after (hopefully) retrieving a sample from the asteroid Ryugu, its shadow can be seen over the blast mark left from the projectile that dislodged surface rocks. Credit: JAXA
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Hayabusa-2 hovers 21 meters over an alien world – just for practice
Phil Plait
Nov 5, 2018
Hayabusa-2 lingers over the asteroid Ryugu, just 21 meters from the surface, in this image taken on October 25, 2018. Credit: JAXA
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Hey Bennu, have we met? I never forget an asteroid.
Phil Plait
Nov 1, 2018
The small asteroid Bennu as seen by the spacecraft OSIRIS-REx from just over 300 km away. Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona
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Another robot lands on Ryugu
Phil Plait
Oct 8, 2018
An image from the MASCOT lander as it headed down to the asteroid Ryugu. Note the shadow of the lander to the lower left (this is reversed from the original image to get light source coming from above, so rocks don’t look like pits). Credit: JAXA/DLR/CNES
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Video from an asteroid’s surface!
Phil Plait
Oct 1, 2018
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Robots are now hopping around on the surface of an asteroid
Phil Plait
Sep 24, 2018
An image caught mid-bounce of the MINERVAII-1 A rover showing the surface of the asteroid Ryugu (left) and a reflection of sunlight (right). Credit: JAXA
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Mea Culpa: Circling Ryugu
Phil Plait
Aug 2, 2018
Very nearly the entire surface the small asteroid Ryugu, taken a few hours apart on June 30, 2018.
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Ryugu, front to back
Phil Plait
Jul 16, 2018
The asteroid Ryugu from 20 kilometers away. Credit: JAXA, University of Tokyo, Kochi University, Rikkyo University, Nagoya University, Chiba Institute of Technology, Meiji University, University of Aizu and AIST
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