2 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
Updated in-flight calibration of the Hayabusa2/NIRS3 spectrometer: new global near-infrared photometric properties of asteroid (162173) Ryugu
Antonin Wargnier, Eri Tatsumi, Koki Yumoto +10
The Near InfraRed Spectrometer (NIRS3) onboard Hayabusa2 observed asteroid (162173) Ryugu, searching especially for signatures of water-bearing minerals. However, during the missio…
astro-ph.EP2026
Bundle adjustment of Hayabusa2's ONC images and controlled color mosaic map of Ryugu
Naoyuki Hirata, Eri Tatsumi, Mayumi Ichikawa +2
JAXA's Hayabusa2 mission successfully returned samples from the asteroid Ryugu in December 2020. It executed two touchdowns to collect the surface and subsurface materials, one clo…