INTRODUCTION The asteroid 162173 Ryugu is the target of the Japanese Hayabusa2
mission, which is designed to collect samples from Ryugu's surface and return them to Earth …

Spacecraft missions have observed regolith blankets of unconsolidated subcentimetre
particles on stony asteroids,–. Telescopic data have suggested the presence of regolith …

During the interval from September through early December 2005, the Hayabusa spacecraft
was in close proximity to near-Earth asteroid 25143 Itokawa, and a variety of data were …

Asteroid (162173) Ryugu is the target object of Hayabusa2, an asteroid exploration and
sample return mission led by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Ground-based …

The scaling of physical forces to the extremely low ambient gravitational acceleration
regimes found on the surfaces of small asteroids is performed. Resulting from this, it is found …

We present a model of near-Earth asteroid (NEA) rotational fission and ensuing dynamics
that describes the creation of synchronous binaries and all other observed NEA systems …

The ranging instrument aboard the Hayabusa spacecraft measured the surface topography
of asteroid 25143 Itokawa and its mass. A typical rough area is similar in roughness to …

Abstract On 13 December 2012, Chang'e-2 conducted a successful flyby of the near-Earth
asteroid 4179 Toutatis at a closest distance of 770±120 meters from the asteroid's surface …

Landing on the surfaces of small solar system bodies (3SBs) is a prerequisite for maximizing
the value of probes and provides technical reserves for the resource development of 3SBs …

The surface of asteroid 25143 Itokawa is covered with numerous boulders although gravity
is very small compared with that of other asteroids previously observed from spacecraft …