Abstract Hayabusa2 is a Japanese interplanetary probe launched on December 3, 2014, which arrived at asteroid Ryugu on June 27, 2018. During its stay around Ryugu, it completed several challenging operations, including deploying two rovers and a lander, conducting two sample collections, and performing a kinetic impact experiment. The kinetic impact experiment was one of the biggest challenges of the Hayabusa2 mission. Investigating the physical and chemical properties of asteroid internal materials and structures is an important scientific objective for small body exploration. We developed a small kinetic impactor called the SCI (Small Carry-on Impactor) to achieve this objective. The SCI is a compact kinetic impactor designed to remove a small region of Ryugu's uppermost surface regolith layer and create an artificial crater. The spacecraft deployed the SCI on April 5, 2019, successfully creating an artificial crater with a diameter of 15 m. This paper describes the operational planning of the kinetic impact experiment and summarizes the operation results.
Highlights Sub-surface exploration is a new challenge for Hayabusa2. A small kinetic impactor was developed to create an artificial crater. The impactor created a 15m-class artificial crater on April 5, 2019. The crater formation process was observed by a deployable camera. The sub-surface sampling was completed during the touchdown operation on July 11, 2019.
Hayabusa2's kinetic impact experiment: Operational planning and results
Acta Astronautica ; 175 ; 362-374
2020-05-29
13 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Small body exploration , Hayabusa2 , Kinetic impact experiment , Artificial crater , CDSCC , Canberra Deep Space Comm. Complex , DCAM3 , Deployable Camera 3 , DEM , Digital Elevation Map , FOV , Field Of View , GCP-NAV , Ground Control Point Navigation , GDSCC , Goldstone Deep Space Comm. Complex , HGA , High Gain Antenna , HP , Home Position , LSS , Landing Site Selection , MASCOT , Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout , MDSCC , Madrid Deep Space Comm. Complex , MINERVA , MIcro/Nano Experimental Robot Vehicle for Asteroid , MLI , Multi-Layer Insulation , ONC , Optical Navigation Camera , PPTD , Pin-point TouchDown , SAD , Safe and Arm Device , SCI , Small Carry-on Impactor , STT , Star Tracker , TIR , Thermal InfraRed Imager , TD , TouchDown , TM , Target Marker , UDSC , Usuda Deep Space Center
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