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

49 citations · 138 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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astro-ph.EP202232 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.EP20219 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.EP202112 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.EP202049 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.EP201936 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…

astro-ph.IM2018

Updated Inflight Calibration of Hayabusa2's Optical Navigation Camera (ONC) for Scientific Observations during the Cruise Phase

Eri Tatsumi, Toru Kouyama, Hidehiko Suzuki +17

The Optical Navigation Camera (ONC-T, ONC-W1, ONC-W2) onboard Hayabusa2 are also being used for scientific observations of the mission target, C-complex asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Scie…