Tomorrow (10/07) at 10:30am ACDT, #JAXA ISAS Director General Fujimoto Masaki will give a talk (online and on-site) about the #Hayabusa2 mission 🛰️, as a fragment of asteroid Ryugu is unveiled for display at the Australian Space Discovery Centre in Adelaide 🪨!

Adelaide is the nearest big city to Woomera, where the sample capsule from Hayabusa2 landed. So this little grain is coming back to its first Earth home!

Register here (all free):
https://www.space.gov.au/news-and-media/event-from-ryugu-to-earth-bringing-hayabusa2-home

🪰 Nein, das ist nicht mein A… mit einer der zahlreichen hungrigen Mücken des Sommers, sondern der Asteroid1998-KY26, das neue Ziel von Hayabusa-2 (künst. Darstellung)
Nur 11 m groß rotiert er in 5 min einmal um sich selbst – eine spannende Aufgabe für Mission Control 😉

https://www.golem.de/news/hayabusa-2-boese-ueberraschung-fuer-asteroidenmission-2509-200322.html

#Asteroid #Hayabusa2 #Raumfahrt #Mission

Hayabusa2 extended mission target asteroid 1998 KY26 is smaller and rotating faster than previously known: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-63697-4 -> Can #Hayabusa2 touchdown? New study reveals space mission’s target asteroid is tinier and faster than thought: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2515/

#ESO:
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Könnte Hayabusa2 auf 1998 KY26 aufsetzen?
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"Neue Studie zeigt, dass der Zielasteroid der Weltraummission kleiner und schneller ist als gedacht"

https://www.eso.org/public/germany/news/eso2515/

18.9.2025

#Astronomie #Asteroid #1998KY26 #Hayabusa2 #Japan #JAXA #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #SpaceFlight #VLT

Wenn Japans Sonde #Hayabusa2 fast größer als der Asteroid 1998-ky26 ist und das Teil mit Affenzahn rotiert, könnte eine Landung schwierig sein. Aber die Sonde ist eh in Missionsverlängerung unterweg.

https://borncity.eu/senioren/2025/09/19/koennte-hayabusa2-auf-asteroid-1998-ky26-aufsetzen/

Hayabusa2'nin yeni asteroid görevi 1998 KY26, beklenenden daha zorlu! 🚀 Ryugu'dan sonra şimdi de bu bilinmeyene doğru ilerliyor. Uzay keşifleri her zaman sürprizlerle dolu! Bilim ve teknoloji sınırları zorluyor. Bu görevin sonuçlarını merakla bekliyoruz!

🚩 #Hayabusa2 #Uzay #Asteroid #Bilim #Keşif

Hayabusa2’s Final Target is 3 Times Smaller Than We Thought

It also spins twice as fast as previous estimates suggested. A spacecraft touchdown will be challenging, but not impossible.

https://eos.org/articles/hayabusa2s-final-target-is-3-times-smaller-than-we-thought

#Hayabusa2 #asteroid #space #news

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Kan Hayabusa2 in 2031 wel landen op asteroïde 1998 KY26?
Nieuwe waarnemingen laten zien dat asteroïde 1998 KY26 veel Kleiner is en veel sneller ronddraait dan aanvankelijk werd gedacht.
#1998Ky26 #asteroïde #hayabusa2 #japan #jaxa #ryugu #zonnestelsel
https://www.kuuke.nl/kan-hayabusa2-in-2031-wel-landen-op-asteroide-1998-ky26/

the paper

Santana-Ros et al: "#Hayabusa2 extended mission target asteroid #1998KY26 is smaller and rotating faster than
previously known."

https://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/eso2515/eso2515a.pdf

Can Japan's #Hayabusa2 touchdown on asteroid 1998 KY26?

A new study that includes VLT observations reveals the mission’s target asteroid to be three times smaller and rotating much faster than previously thought.

Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2515/

Video summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFCsw-mcg18

Artist's impression by ESO/M. Kornmesser. Asteroid: T. Santana-Ros et al. Hayabusa2 model: SuperTKG (CC-BY-SA).

#astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science

Ryugu asteroitinden gelen örnekler şaşırtıcı! 🚀 Geçmişte sıvı su barındırdığı kanıtlandı. Bu keşif, Dünya'ya suyun nasıl geldiği teorilerini yeniden yazdırıyor. Uzay bilimi için büyük adım! Sizce bu ne anlama geliyor?

🚩 #Ryugu #Asteroit #SıvıSu #UzayBilimi #Hayabusa2

The parent body of asteroid Ryugu appears to have harbored water in the form of ice for over a billion years, Japanese researchers have found, in a discovery that could reshape ideas on how the Earth got its oceans. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/11/japan/science-health/ryugu-asteroids-water-earth/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #hayabusa2 #space #astronomy #asteroids #planets #ryugu

The East Asia meeting of the International #Occultation Timing Association or #IOTA took place in the last few hours - here are all 6 1/2 hours of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-BL8qxNc2w with the program in https://www.perc.it-chiba.ac.jp/iota-ea/wp/iota-ea-fy2025-26-annual-general-meting-latest/ (includes the invited lecture "New challenges in the #Hayabusa2 extended mission").

"Like discovering a palm tree fossil in Arctic ice"

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/06/250627234111.htm

#Space #Ryugu #Hayabusa2 #Planetoids #Astrodon

H2A Rocket Retires, Capping 25 Years of Excellence

このページを 日本語 で読む Japan’s flagship heavy-lift rocket, the H2A, concluded its distinguished career with the successful launch of its 50th and final mission at 1:33 AM on June 29 from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Pre…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #H2A #H3 #hayabusa2 #JAXA #juichiroito #MitsubishiHeavyIndustries #news #space #SpaceScience #TanegashimaSpaceCenter
https://www.alojapan.com/1310205/h2a-rocket-retires-capping-25-years-of-excellence/

https://www.alojapan.com/1310205/h2a-rocket-retires-capping-25-years-of-excellence/ H2A Rocket Retires, Capping 25 Years of Excellence #H2A #H3 #hayabusa2 #Japan #JapanNews #JAXA #JuichiroIto #MitsubishiHeavyIndustries #news #space #SpaceScience #TanegashimaSpaceCenter このページを 日本語 で読む Japan’s flagship heavy-lift rocket, the H2A, concluded its distinguished career with the successful launch of its 50th and final mission at 1:33 AM on June 29 from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture. Roughly 16 minutes after li…

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#はやぶさ２ #Hayabusa2 https://t.co/6sYUfFhiLO https://t.co/7BTds8ilRh

The 1998 KY26 asteroid, the destination of Japan's Hayabusa2 unmanned probe in its ongoing space mission, may be far smaller than researchers had estimated. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/15/japan/hayabusa2-target-small/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hayabusa2 #jaxa #space #asteroids

Hayabusa, l'expérience analogique.

#hayabusa2 #ryugu #woodcut #woodcutting