Two papers released from the Initial Description for Ryugu samples!

Dr. Yada of ASRG and Dr. Pilorget of IAS/CNES’s research papers were published on Nature Astronomy today. Dr. Yada mentioned about physical properties especially density of Ryugu sample. Dr. Piloget introduced composition analysis of the samples by MicrOmega. These data were from the initial description work on the JAXA curation center.

• 【Nature Astronomy】
• Preliminary analysis of the Hayabusa2 samples returned from C-type asteroid Ryugu, T. Yada et al., 2021
• First compositional analysis of Ryugu samples by the MicrOmega hyperspectral microscope, C. Pilorget et al., 2021