Research Results: 2026
English paper
Sakatani, N., Kameda, S., Kitsunai, K., Kikuchi, H., Kikuchi, S., Takei, Y., Mimasu, Y., Mori, O., Kouyama, T., Morota, T., Tatsumi, E., Cho, Y., Yamada, M., Yokota, Y., Matsuoka, M., Honda, C., Suzuki, H., Hayakawa, M., Yoshioka, K., Ogawa, K., Okada, T., Tanaka, S., Senshu, H., Arai, T., Demura, H., Sekiguchi, T., Shimaki, Y., Kanamaru, M., Nakazawa, S., Yoshikawa, K., Terui, F., Ogawa, N., Ono, G., Yoshikawa, M., Saiki, T., Tsuda, Y., Michikami, T., Sugita, S. (2026). Boulder motions on asteroid Ryugu induced by thruster gas disturbance by Hayabusa2. Icarus, 448, 116916.
Yumoto, K., Kouyama, T., Yamada, M., Mimasu, Y., Morota, T., Cho, Y., Yokota, Y., Hayakawa, M., Arfaux, A., Tatsumi, E., Matsuoka, M., Sakatani, N., Shimomura, S., Kameda, S., Tanaka, S., Enya, K., Sugita, S. (2026). Demonstrating Exoplanet Transit Photometry from Space with a 15 mm Aperture Optical Navigation Camera on Hayabusa2. The Astronomical Journal, 171(3), 187.
Nishiizumi, K., Nagao, K., Caffee, M. W., Okazaki, R., Masarik, J., Yurimoto, H., Nakamura, T., Noguchi, T., Naraoka, H., Yabuta, H., Sakamoto, K., Yogata, K., Yada, T., Tachibana, S., Watanabe, S., Tsuda, Y., Abe, M., Kumagai, K., Miyazaki, A., Nakato, A., Nakazawa, S., Nishimura, M., Okada, T., Saiki, T., Sawada, H., Tanaka, S., Usui, T., Wada, K., Yano, H., Yoshikawa, M., Hayabusa2 Initial Analysis Volatile Team. (2026). Initial Study of Regolith Exposure Ages and Burial Conditions on Ryugu: Cosmogenic Nuclides Score in Two Touchdowns. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, accepted.
Ishibashi, K., Ishimaru, T., Okamoto, T., Ohta, M., Miyabara, T., Suzaki, Y., Hong, P., Okudaira, O., Yamada, M., Takashima, T. (2026). Selection and Evaluation of Image Sensors for the DESTINY+ Onboard Cameras. JAXA Research and Development Report, JAXA-RR-25-00SE.
Japanese paper
岡本尚也, 石橋高, 近藤洸大, 山田学, 太田方之, 宮原剛, 須崎祐多, 石丸貴博, 町田祐一, 長澤圭祐, 中嶋章, 洪鵬, 秋田谷洋, 奥平修, 吉田二美, 関口朋彦, 荒井朋子, 高島健. (2026). DESTINY+搭載カメラMCAP EMの光学校正試験とPFM試験に向けた課題整理. [Optical Calibration Test of the MCAP EM for the DESTINY+ Mission: Issue Assessment toward the PFM Test]. 宇宙航空研究開発機構研究開発報告, JAXA-RR-25-006.