Asteroid Ryugu up Close (IMAGE)

University of Tokyo

Asteroid Ryugu up Close

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Ryugu has an unusually low albedo, or reflectance, of 2 percent, so to our eyes it is blacker than coal. Hayabusa2's cameras are especially sensitive in order to resolve fine details.

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© 2019 Seiji Sugita et al., <em>Science</em>

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