Kent Yoshikawa

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 · 592 citations

Geophysics, Equatorial Ridge, Crustal Deformation +13

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

Seiji Sugita, Rie Honda, Tomokatsu Morota et al. · Science · 2019 · 432 citations · Full text

Preliminary analysis of the Hayabusa2 samples returned from C-type asteroid Ryugu

Toru Yada, Masanao Abe, Tatsuaki Okada et al. · Nature Astronomy · 2021 · 306 citations · Full text

An artificial impact on the asteroid (162173) Ryugu formed a crater in the gravity-dominated regime

Masahiko Arakawa, Takanao Saiki, Koji Wada et al. · Science · 2020 · 304 citations · Full text

Gravity-dominated Regime, Artificial Impact, Asteroid +7

Samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu are similar to Ivuna-type carbonaceous meteorites

Tetsuya Yokoyama, K. Nagashima, Izumi Nakai et al. · Science · 2022 · 300 citations · Full text

Geophysics, Engineering, Carbonaceous Meteorites +10