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Congratulations on the touchdown, it seems it went off perfectly even if the target area was small.
Do we have some results from spectrometry on Hayabusa2 about composition of Ryugu?
Events are happening really fast on Ryugu! Congratulations.
Next we have the second sampling rehearsal.
I understand part of the rush is because Ryugu will be going behind the Sun next month.
I guess you would want to maximize the experiments completed by then.
Since Hayabusa2 will be invisible to us then, will it autonomously maintain the 20 km home position?
Are any observations planned then which will be relayed to Earth when communication resumes after several months?
Or does Hayabusa2 just maintain an uneventful watching brief until it comes back into our line of sight?
Nur wer kleine Dinge zu schätzen weiß, wird große Dinge erkennen.
Ein kleiner Asteroid im All, eine großartige Leistung für Wissenschaft.
Nachdem die MASCOT-Landung erfolgreich ablief, kann man als Fan dieser Mission nur hoffen das die 16 Stunden betriebsfähigkeit von Mascot alle erhofften Resultate für die beteiligten Wissenschaftler bringen. Es wird ja bald nochmal sehr spannend, wenn der Mechanismus der Probenaufnahme bei Hayabusa-2 erfolgreich ist und der Rückkehrbehälter seinen Weg zur Erde findet. Wir freuen uns darauf ! Gratulation und Danke an die beteiligten Teams von JAXA; DLR und CENES.
Many thanks to JAXA and Hayabusa-2 team for the impressive, fascinating pictures of the Minerva-Rover 1A and B. Interesting pictures from the far distance of space for the people on Earth. Impressive miniaturized camera technology Made in Japan! Congratulationsfor these spectacular successes of Micha. I hop for more new scientific findings from Hayabusa - 2 !
Hey, I have just heard that your two Hopping Rovers successfully touched the surface!! Very cool, and fascinating, you guys are awesome!!
CONGRATS JAXA, you have given mankind another leap!!
Cheers from Philae, if it were alive, it would surely be cheering. From the bounces, what kind of hardness and temperature information are we getting? Is the surface of Ryugu as hard as that of 67p? Is the second hopper still transmitting from a stationary position? Please do tell us how often data is sent to Hayabusa2 and whether it is in order or has to be aggregated.
The Minerva hoppers seem to be very interesting, with an unparalleled level of autonomous control, that too on the surface of a small body. Looking forward to a completely new perspective on Ryugu.
Since the free fall went further than expected, is Ryugu less dense than expected?
Finding a landing place looks tough, it looks like the maneuverability capabilities of the landers are going to come in handy.
Best wishes.
"Who has been eating my dango?" asked Goldilocks.
Seriously, this is an astonishing find! Can a strike like this result in retrograde rotation?
Congratulations on reaching Ryugu! My two grandson's names are on your Hayabusa-2 spacecraft. Will their names be dropped off to remain on Ryugu, or return to Earth after their journey? Thanks for giving my grandsons a great introduction to space exploration, and a lot of excitement!
- Hal Lane
Hello Hal Lane , on the spacecraft Hayabusa-2 there are two memory chips. A name chip is attached to one of the target markers, wich is discarded and remains on the asteroid Ryugu. The other chip with names and messages is located in the spacecraft`s return container. This lands back to Earth at the end of 2020 with material samples from the asteroid at Woomera / Australia. Many greetings from Michael.
We are there ! Congratulations on reaching the home station. Now it will be an exciting time, greetings from Michael and his friends from Germany !
I learnt that like Hayabusa1 did for Itokawa, Hayabusa2 will not be in a gravitationally bound orbit of Ryugu but will maintain a parallel heliocentric orbit on its own propulsion.
On 27th or thereabouts does Hayabusa2 go into orbit around Ryugu? If so, would that be the smallest body around which a spacecraft has been in a bound orbit? I tried looking up information on Hayabusa1 and it does not appear to be the case that it was in orbit around Itokawa.
Sure it is rotating!
https://twitter.com/haya2e_jaxa/status/1007952313686769665
What is the albedo of the bright feature on the pole of Ryugu?
Maybe a diffused surface like ice, metallic matter or something similar ? Greetings from Michael.
Greetings from India, Michael, and thanks for writing back. Hydrated minerals were suggested from Earth-based spectra, better spectral data should soon be available from the spacecraft. From the all-round views, the feature suggests a cliff where the surface has fallen off to expose inner material. Perhaps some of the craters could also be caused by flow of surface material towards the equator rather than by impact.
Congratulations and we are eagerly awaiting better pictures of the "dango" shape. Can Hayabusa2 detect whether Ryugu is rotating?
Congratulations to the team for ending the forward drive engine operation at Hayabusa - 2. Continue to good luck for the final approach phase at Ryugu. Now it will be very exciting ! Greetings Michael and his friends from Germany.
Hayabusa - 2 with Lander Mascot sets for the final sprint. All the best for the last 50000 km and a good arrival at the finish - asteroids Ryugu wish Michael and his friends from Germany !
Che scoperte, che avventure ci aspettano con Hayabusa2!!
Oltre i cieli dell’avventura viaggia senza paura, come un raggio che ha il coraggio di lasciare il sole dietro se,
per una missione eccezionale sulle strade della scienza.
Tu sai chi vedrai laggiù, più in là del cielo blu, vai e non fermarti mai finché non troverai.
Allacciamo le cinture, viaggiando s'impara!!
Meilleurs voeux pour un voyage réussi! De vos partisans au Canada.
Bravo et merci !
ES UN HONOR TENERLOS EN CONTACTO PARA LO QUE VIENE EN UN FUTURO MUY SECANO AL PLANETA TIERRA ATT MARCO ANTONIO PRADO
Good Luck for brave robot! I'm Drago Dragovic, engineer from Serbia. I couldn't wait next news. I feel if the robot is healthy success is guaranteed. GO JAXA!
하야부사2 의 성공적 도착과 크나큰 과학 정보를 기대합니다 !
Hayabusa2's so nearest fly-by of the Earth is one of the best beautiful journey ! Best wishes from Seoul.
(Although I'm not an astronomist nor a physicist, I sometimes dream to land on Ryugu asteroid with Hayabusa II. I'm a pediatrician, that's why I dream like a baby?)
Russian scientists wish you good luck, guys!
We hope ion engines will not fail this time!
Love your fly-by of the Earth!! Good luck Hayabusa2!!
Best wishes from Virginia, USA
Wishing you all great success on your journey! Hyabusa 2 and the JAEA team.
Good Job Hayabusa 2 and JAXA! this is an awesome and exciting mission you are doing, and I wish you all the luck and success.
shalom and greetings from Israel,
Elyasaf
Boa Sorte, que este projecto nos traga informações valiosas em prol do futuro da humanidade.
Salvé
Azoia - Leiria - Portugal
Best of luck to Hayabusa. Hope JAXA becomes a key player in an international consortium of manned space exploration sometimes in the future
boooyeahhh
May the Force be with you!!! Use the force Hayabusa2!!! :);)L)
Good luck and prayers for a successful mission!!! @--(@)--@
Turn off the cameras and use your third eye. All will be revealed.
Good Luck, I wish the best for hayabusa2 and JAXA
Following from Brazil
Ganbare Hayabusa ! Good luck !
<3 from Tokyo
welcome to your home hayabusa2 waiting all the best for jaxa
Felicitaciones,,, gran expedición para explorar y explicarnos los misterios del espacio.Jaxa no hito gambatte kudasai!!!
Omedeto gozamos!!!
We, friends from India wishes you the grand success of the spacecraft.We are sure it will help to open the door of asteroid vision.It will also help to understand us the solar system more deeply.
Divyadarshan D.Purohit
Gurudev Observatory,
Vadodara
India
http://www.gurudevobservatory.co.in/
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best of luck on gravity assist from constanta romania
Best of luck! Bring me back a bit of Ryugu rock, and take some more of those fantastic Earth photos!
What a great photo of Earth! Best of luck on the gravity assist. From Oxford, England
Hi their guys. This is Andre from Jeffreys Bay in South Africa.When i was a young guy I always thought about space as an unreachable mysterious place.You guys are in the process of changing that thoughts of mine as a young guy about space to something that is within the reach of us as earthly humans and a place of emense interest,
Thanks for your emense effort and I shall be following your progress with great interest.
amazing, good luck. It's a great mission. Bona sort!.
Fly high little dude! Bring me back some of that tasty space rock. You can land in my back yard if you need a place to park.
Good luck to all on the 3rd.
Best of luck to Hayabusa2 and the experts at JAXA for a successful launch and swing-by maneuver. Everything's going to go great!
Best of luck on the manoeuvre and really incredible mission. Will be following progress over the next few years. :-)
i wish you great success, this is an exciting mission!
Rock on and bring some of it back LOL ! good luck/ cool
have a safe trip bring home the bacon
Thank you for sharing this fantastic journey. We are on your wings. Let us dream. Good luck !
From Grenoble, France
Nicely managed impact, and happy to know that H2 is safe. From the picture it appears that the impact was in the high latitudes. If a landslide occurs at these latitudes, in which direction does the flow happen, towards the pole or the equator? If a decent sized crater is made, is it expected that the exhumed material will have a noticeably different colour, perhaps less dark than the remaining surface? Another question, unconnected with the impact: do spectral data reveal that Otohime Saxum (hope I got the spelling right) has different compounds in its composition from the rest of the surface?