16 March 2020
Porous nature of Ryugu suggests formation from fluffy particles, new study says
... through Earth’s atmosphere very well, it is hard to say with 100 percent certainty. Collecting an actual sample from a c-type asteroid in-situ would certainly go a long way to understanding more about planetary formation processes and this was one...
February 2016
Searching for water in the Solar System
...of volatile-rich planetesimals migrated from the outer Solar System (ie, beyond Jupiter). Observations of increasing abundance of C-type asteroids across the main belt inferred from telescopic observations have led to the long-time leading assumption...
October 2015
Baikonur, Kibo and beyond: Japan’s leading role in space
... over three hundred days to get there and back. Thus, international cooperation is essential. Hayabusa-2 is on its way to a C-type asteroid, which is believed to contain water and organic matter Watching the beautiful scene as the Soyuz rocket lit...
27 June 2018
Hayabusa2 reaches Ryugu after a 42 month journey
...a magical underwater palace in Japanese folktale – is composed mainly of carbon, meaning Ryugu is a 'C-type' asteroid. C-Types are found most frequently at the outer edge of the asteroid belt and are the most common variety, forming around 75 percent...
March 2016
Building Confidence and Reducing Risk in Space Resources Policy
... friction between nations over the potential economic benefits of space resources. One of Planetary Resources’ targets is an X-type asteroid which may contain more platinum than has ever been mined on Earth to date. Composed of primarily metal, ...
22 December 2021
Scientists present the first-ever analysis of samples retrieved from Ryugu
... Just over a year ago, samples collected by Hayabusa2 when it blew a hole in a kilometre-wide, rare c-type and b-type asteroid were delivered to Earth in a hermetically sealed container. It was the culmination of a journey which had begun in December...
