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Friday, December 18, 2020
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS: Hayabusa-2 Returns 5.4 g Sample from Asteroid 162173 Ryugu
The samples from asteroid Ryugu in the re-entry capsule weigh about 5.4g! This greatly exceeds the the target yield of 0.1g (the amount required for the initial scientific analysis) set during the design of Hayabusa2.
— HAYABUSA2@JAXA (@haya2e_jaxa) December 18, 2020
(Article in Japanese: https://t.co/IZFGinhuFc)
Posted at December 18, 2020 11:43