Chemical assessment of the explosive chamber in the projector system of Hayabusa2 for asteroid sampling

Abstract We report a chemical assessment of the explosive chamber in the projector system used during the sampling operation of the Hayabusa2 project at the surface of the C-type asteroid Ryugu. Although the explosion process was designed as a closed system, volatile combustion gases and semivolatil...

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Main Authors: Yoshinori Takano, Keita Yamada, Chisato Okamoto, Hirotaka Sawada, Ryuji Okazaki, Kanako Sakamoto, Yoko Kebukawa, Kento Kiryu, Takazo Shibuya, Motoko Igisu, Hajime Yano, Shogo Tachibana, Hayabusa2 project team
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-07-01
Series:Earth, Planets and Space
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40623-020-01217-y