Planetary object
Family
soil
Name
Hayabusa-2 – Ryugu – Chamber C
Secondary name
Hayabusa-2 – Ryugu – TD2

Geolocation

Body name
Ryugu
Place
Uchide-no-kozuchi , equatorial ridge region of Ryugu, site proximal to the artificial crater excavated by the Small Carry-on Impactor
Coordinates
System
unknown
Name
Hayabusa2
Type
spacecraft
Agency
JAXA
Date begin
2014-12-03
Date end
2020-12-05
Instrument type
touch-down sampler
Date begin
2019-07-11
Date end
2019-07-11
Method
Capture of ejected soil particles by a catcher following the firing of a bullet to the artificial crater excavated by the Small Carry-on Impactor and the touch-down of the sampler.
Container
chamber C
Masse
2.02
Description
Collection of numerous millimetric particles
State
granular
Composition type
mixture mineral-organic