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20192025
most citedSpin-driven evolution of asteroids' top-shapes at fast and slow spins seen from (101955) Bennu and (162173) Ryugu

49 citations · 173 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

astro-ph.EP2025

Demonstrating Exoplanet Transit Photometry from Space with a 15-mm Aperture Optical Navigation Camera on Hayabusa2

Koki Yumoto, Toru Kouyama, Manabu Yamada +14

Observations of exoplanet transits by small satellites have gained increasing attention for reducing detection biases. However, no unambiguous detection of an exoplanet has yet bee…

astro-ph.EP2023

Analytical capability of K-Ar isochron dating on Mars: assessment from mineral compositions of Martian meteorites

Hikaru Hyuga, Yuichiro Cho, Yayoi N. Miura +2

Dating rocks with a precision of 200 Myr (2) has been required to understand the Martian habitability and volcanic history around 4000 Myr ago. In situ potassium-argon (K-A…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 6 cited

Heliocentric Distance Dependence of Zodiacal Light Observed by Hayabusa2#

Kohji Tsumura, Shuji Matsuura, Kei Sano +21

Zodiacal light (ZL) is sunlight scattered by interplanetary dust particles (IDPs) at optical wavelengths. The spatial distribution of IDPs in the Solar System may hold an important…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 1 cited

Characterization of the MASCOT landing area by Hayabusa2

Stefan Schröder, Naoya Sakatani, Rie Honda +26

Context. After landing on C-type asteroid Ryugu, MASCOT imaged brightly colored, submillimeter-sized inclusions in a small rock. Hayabusa2 successfully returned a sample of small p…

astro-ph.EP2022

In-situ wavelength calibration without a calibration target: use of Fraunhofer lines after landing on planetary surface

Shoki Mori, Ute Boettger, Maximilian Buder +14

Accurate wavelength calibration is critical for qualitative and quantitative spectroscopic measurements. Many spectrometers for planetary exploration are equipped with onboard cali…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 32 cited

The spatial distribution of impact craters on Ryugu

Naoyuki Hirata, Tomokatsu Morota, Yuichiro Cho +40

Asteroid 162173 Ryugu has numerous craters. The initial measurement of impact craters on Ryugu, by Sugita et al. (2019), is based on Hayabusa2 ONC images obtained during the first…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 15 cited

Resurfacing processes constrained by crater distribution on Ryugu

Naofumi Takaki, Yuichiro Cho, Tomokatsu Morota +16

Understanding the geological modification processes on asteroids can provide information concerning their surface history. Images of small asteroids from spacecraft show a depletio…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 1 cited

Image registration for multi-band images taken by ONC-T onboard Hayabusa2

Toru Kouyama, Eri Tatsumi, Chikatoshi Honda +13

Hayabusa2, a Japanese sample-return mission to a C-type asteroid, arrived at its target 162173 Ryugu in June 2018. The optical navigation cameras (ONC-T, ONC-W1, ONC-W2) successful…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 9 cited

High-Resolution Observations of Bright Boulders on Asteroid Ryugu: 1. Size Frequency Distribution and Morphology

Chiho Sugimoto, Eri Tatsumi, Yuichiro Cho +34

The near-Earth asteroid (162173) Ryugu displays a Cb-type average spectrum and a very low average normal albedo of 0.04. Although the majority of boulders on Ryugu have reflectance…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 12 cited

High-Resolution Observations of Bright Boulders on Asteroid Ryugu: 2. Spectral Properties

Chiho Sugimoto, Eri Tatsumi, Yuichiro Cho +34

Many small boulders with reflectance values higher than 1.5 times the average reflectance have been found on the near-Earth asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Based on their visible wavelength…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 12 cited

Development of a multispectral stereo-camera system comparable to Hayabusa2 Optical Navigation Camera (ONC-T) for observing samples returned from asteroid (162173) Ryugu

Yuichiro Cho, Koki Yumoto, Yuna Yabe +10

Hayabusa2 collected 5.4 g of samples from the asteroid (162173) Ryugu and brought them back to Earth. Obtaining multiband images of these samples with the spectral bands comparable…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 49 cited

Spin-driven evolution of asteroids' top-shapes at fast and slow spins seen from (101955) Bennu and (162173) Ryugu

Masatoshi Hirabayashi, Ryota Nakano, Eri Tatsumi +14

Proximity observations by OSIRIS-REx and Hayabusa2 provided clues on the shape evolution processes of the target asteroids, (101955) Bennu and (162173) Ryugu. Their oblate shapes w…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 36 cited

The Western Bulge of 162173 Ryugu Formed as a Result of a Rotationally Driven Deformation Process

Masatoshi Hirabayashi, Eri Tatsumi, Hideaki Miyamoto +26

162173 Ryugu, the target of Hayabusa2, has a round shape with an equatorial ridge, which is known as a spinning top-shape. A strong centrifugal force is a likely contributor to Ryu…