Thermally altered subsurface material of asteroid (162173) Ryugu

Highly porous nature of a primitive asteroid revealed by thermal imaging

(2020) Tatsuaki Okada et al.   NATURE

Sample collection from asteroid (162173) Ryugu by Hayabusa2: Implications for surface evolution

(2020) T. Morota et al.   SCIENCE

An artificial impact on the asteroid (162173) Ryugu formed a crater in the gravity-dominated regime

(2020) M. Arakawa et al.   SCIENCE

Collisional formation of top-shaped asteroids and implications for the origins of Ryugu and Bennu

(2020) P. Michel et al.   Nature Communications

Hayabusa2 mission status: Landing, roving and cratering on asteroid Ryugu

(2020) Yuichi Tsuda et al.   ACTA ASTRONAUTICA

Hayabusa2's kinetic impact experiment: Operational planning and results

(2020) Takanao Saiki et al.   ACTA ASTRONAUTICA

Thermophysical properties of the surface of asteroid 162173 Ryugu: Infrared observations and thermal inertia mapping

(2020) Yuri Shimaki et al.   ICARUS

Updated inflight calibration of Hayabusa2's optical navigation camera (ONC) for scientific observations during the cruise phase

(2019) Eri Tatsumi et al.   ICARUS

The geomorphology, color, and thermal properties of Ryugu: Implications for parent-body processes

(2019) S. Sugita et al.   SCIENCE

Low thermal conductivity boulder with high porosity identified on C-type asteroid (162173) Ryugu

(2019) M. Grott et al.   Nature Astronomy

Images from the surface of asteroid Ryugu show rocks similar to carbonaceous chondrite meteorites

(2019) R. Jaumann et al.   SCIENCE

Some things special about NEAs: Geometric and environmental effects on the optical signatures of hydration

(2019) S. Potin et al.   ICARUS

Linking mineralogy and spectroscopy of highly aqueously altered CM and CI carbonaceous chondrites in preparation for primitive asteroid sample return

(2019) H. C. Bates et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Timing of thermal metamorphism in CM chondrites: Implications for Ryugu and Bennu future sample return

(2019) Elsa Amsellem et al.   ICARUS

Debiased orbit and absolute-magnitude distributions for near-Earth objects

(2018) Mikael Granvik et al.   ICARUS

Hyperspectral FTIR imaging of irradiated carbonaceous meteorites

(2018) R. Brunetto et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Asteroid Ryugu before the Hayabusa2 encounter

(2018) Koji Wada et al.   Progress in Earth and Planetary Science

Ion irradiation of carbonaceous chondrites: A new view of space weathering on primitive asteroids

(2017) C. Lantz et al.   ICARUS

NIRS3: The Near Infrared Spectrometer on Hayabusa2

(2017) Takahiro Iwata et al.   SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS

Characterising the CI and CI-like carbonaceous chondrites using thermogravimetric analysis and infrared spectroscopy

(2015) Ashley J. King et al.   EARTH PLANETS AND SPACE

Radiative heating of carbonaceous near-Earth objects as a cause of thermal metamorphism for CK chondrites

(2012) Noël Chaumard et al.   ICARUS

The orbital distribution of Near-Earth Objects inside Earth’s orbit

(2011) Sarah Greenstreet et al.   ICARUS

Hydrous mineralogy of CM and CI chondrites from infrared spectroscopy and their relationship with low albedo asteroids

(2010) P. Beck et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Orbital and thermal evolutions of four potential targets for a sample return space mission to a primitive near-Earth asteroid

(2010) Patrick Michel et al.   ICARUS

Heating of near-Earth objects and meteoroids due to close approaches to the Sun

(2009) S. Marchi et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY