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astro-ph.EP2016★ 95 cited
Hayabusa-2 Mission Target Asteroid 162173 Ryugu (1999 JU3): Searching for the Object's Spin-Axis Orientation
T. G. Müller, J. Ďurech, M. Ishiguro +27
The JAXA Hayabusa-2 mission was approved in 2010 and launched on December 3, 2014. The spacecraft will arrive at the near-Earth asteroid 162173 Ryugu in 2018 where it will perform…
astro-ph.EP2016★ 67 cited
Ring Formation around Giant Planets by Tidal Disruption of a Single Passing Large Kuiper Belt Object
Ryuki Hyodo, Sébastien Charnoz, Keiji Ohtsuki +1
The origin of rings around giant planets remains elusive. Saturn's rings are massive and made of 90-95% of water ice. In contrast, the much less massive rings of Uranus and Neptune…
astro-ph.EP2016★ 39 cited
Formation of Centaurs' rings through their partial tidal disruption during planetary encounters
Ryuki Hyodo, Sébastien Charnoz, Hidenori Genda +1
Centaurs are minor planets orbiting between Jupiter and Neptune that have or had crossing orbits with one or more giant planets. Recent observations and reinterpretation of previou…