Sei‐ichiro Watanabe

The operational environment and rotational acceleration of asteroid (101955) Bennu from OSIRIS-REx observations

C. W. Hergenrother, C. Maleszewski, M. C. Nolan et al. · Nature Communications · 2019 · 900 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Astronomy, Earth Sciences +15

Hayabusa2 arrives at the carbonaceous asteroid 162173 Ryugu—A spinning top–shaped rubble pile

Sei‐ichiro Watanabe, Masatoshi Hirabayashi, Naru Hirata et al. · Science · 2019 · 629 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +10

The geomorphology, color, and thermal properties of Ryugu: Implications for parent-body processes

Seiji Sugita, Rie Honda, Tomokatsu Morota et al. · Science · 2019 · 458 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +11

The surface composition of asteroid 162173 Ryugu from Hayabusa2 near-infrared spectroscopy

K. Kitazato, R. E. Milliken, Takahiro Iwata et al. · Science · 2019 · 362 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +11

Hayabusa2 Mission Overview

Sei‐ichiro Watanabe, Yuichi Tsuda, Makoto Yoshikawa et al. · Space Science Reviews · 2017 · 355 citations · Full text