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Return to Venus of the Japanese Venus Climate Orbiter AKATSUKI
Masato Nakamura, Yasuhiro Kawakatsu, Chikako Hirose +19
Japanese Venus Climate Orbiter/AKATSUKI was proposed in 2001 with strong support by international Venus science community and approved as an ISAS (The Institute of Space and Astron…
High-resolution Imaging of the Gegenschein and the Geometric Albedo of Interplanetary Dust
Masateru Ishiguro, Hongu Yang, Fumihiko Usui +5
We made optical observations of the Gegenschein using a liquid-nitrogen-cooled wide-field camera, Wide-field Imager of Zodiacal light with ARray Detector (WIZARD), between March 20…
AcuA: the AKARI/IRC Mid-infrared Asteroid Survey
Fumihiko Usui, Daisuke Kuroda, Thomas G. Mueller +10
We present the results of an unbiased asteroid survey in the mid-infrared wavelength with the Infrared Camera (IRC) onboard the Japanese infrared satellite AKARI. About 20% of the…
Detection of parent H2O and CO2 molecules in the 2.5--5 micron spectrum of comet C/2007 N3 (Lulin) observed with AKARI
Takafumi Ootsubo, Fumihiko Usui, Hideyo Kawakita +13
Comet C/2007 N3 (Lulin) was observed with the Japanese infrared satellite AKARI in the near-infrared at a post-perihelion heliocentric distance of 1.7 AU. Observations were perform…
2006 Fragmentation of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3B Observed with Subaru/Suprime-Cam
Masateru Ishiguro, Fumihiko Usui, Yuki Sarugaku +1
We analyzed the Subaru/Suprime-Cam images of 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3B and detected no fewer than 154 mini-comets. We applied synchrone-syndyne analysis, modified for rocket effe…