From comet to asteroid: The journey of Ryugu (IMAGE)

Nagoya City University

From comet to asteroid: The journey of Ryugu

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Newly acquired data in the Hayabusa2 mission suggests that the asteroid Ryugu is actually an extinct comet that lost its water ice due to heat from increased solar radiation after getting closer to the inner asteroid belt.

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Hitoshi Miura from NCU, Japan

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