162173 Ryugu
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162173 Ryugu is a near-Earth object and also a potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group. It measures approximately 900 metres in diameter and is a dark object of the rare spectral type Cb, w
Images of the asteroid's surface made with Hayabusa2
Samples of Ryugu returned by Hayabusa2
NASA Icarus Most Distant Main Sequence Star 20180402
PIA22876 In Sight First Selfie 20181211
Hayabusa2
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Hayabusa2 is an asteroid sample-return mission operated by the Japanese state space agency JAXA. It is a successor to the Hayabusa mission, which returned asteroid samples for the first time in June 2
162173 Ryugu
…is a dark object of the rare spectral type Cb, with qualities of both a C-type asteroid and a B-type asteroid. In June 2018, the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 arrived at the asteroid. After making measurements and taking samples, Hayabusa2 left Ryugu for Earth in November 2019 and returned the sample capsule…
Artist's impression of Hayabusa2 firing its ion thrusters
The first photograph from the surface of an asteroid, taken by HIBOU on 22 September 2018 during one of its "hops".
Model of MINERVA-II-1 Rover 1B
Mission overview