P100014043

Record image and photograph

2020/12/22

Satellites and Spacecraft > Lunar and Planetary Exploration Spacecraft > Asteroid Explorer "Hayabusa2"

Large Ryugu particles of over 10 mm to 3 mm collected by Hayabusa2 in the second touchdown. The outer diameter of the petri dish is 60 mm, and the distance between the grids engraved on the bottom is 5 mm. The three metal pieces in the lower right are spacecraft-origin artificial objects (aluminum pieces) generated during sample collection.

JAXA

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http://www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp/en/