Planetary body
Name
Ryugu
Secondary names
(162173), 1999 JU3
Discovery date
10 May 1999
Discoverer
LINEAR project
Family
asteroid
Dynamic family
near-Earth asteroid
Physical type
rocky
Spectral group
C
Spectral type
C
Comments
Apollo asteroid family. Visited by the sample-return mission Hayabusa2 (JAXA)
Periapsis
144410000.0 km
Apoapsis
211820000.0 km
Semimajor axis
177960000.0 km (1.19 AU)
Eccentricity
0.19027
Inclination to ecliptic
5.884°
Period
473.86 days
Period
0.3178 days
Mean radius
0.448 km
Mass
450000000000.0 kg (0.001 Earth mass)
Mean density
1.19 g/cm3

Surface

Gravity
0.00012 m/s2
Geometric albedo (Vis)
0.045