In May of 2011, NASA selected the O rigins, S pectral I nterpretation, R esource I
dentification, and S ecurity–R egolith Ex plorer (OSIRIS-REx) asteroid sample return mission …

The Hayabusa2 mission journeys to C-type near-Earth asteroid (162173) Ryugu (1999 JU
3) to observe and explore the 900 m-sized object, as well as return samples collected from …

INTRODUCTION The asteroid 162173 Ryugu is the target of the Japanese Hayabusa2
mission, which is designed to collect samples from Ryugu's surface and return them to Earth …

The near-Earth asteroid (162173) Ryugu is thought to be a primitive carbonaceous object
that contains hydrated minerals and organic molecules. We report sample collection from …

The debiased absolute-magnitude and orbit distributions as well as source regions for near-
Earth objects (NEOs) provide a fundamental frame of reference for studies of individual …

Abstract The Lucy Mission is a NASA Discovery-class mission to send a highly capable and
robust spacecraft to investigate seven primitive bodies near both the L 4 and L 5 Lagrange …

Direct links between carbonaceous chondrites and their parent bodies in the solar system
are rare. The Winchcombe meteorite is the most accurately recorded carbonaceous …

The top-shaped morphology characteristic of asteroid (101955) Bennu, often found among
fast-spinning asteroids and binary asteroid primaries, may have contributed substantially to …

Thermal inertia and surface roughness are proxies for the physical characteristics of
planetary surfaces. Global maps of these two properties distinguish the boulder population …

INTRODUCTION The color and reflectance of asteroids can be used to infer their
compositions and histories. Variations in these spectrophotometric properties are driven by …