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How 162173 Ryugu connects across Asteria Star — scientific, cultural, and astrological links are kept separate.
The Sun and the bodies gravitationally bound to it.
Hayabusa2 collected surface and subsurface samples of the asteroid Ryugu and returned them to Earth.
The largest class of near-Earth asteroids — Earth-crossers with orbits mostly larger than Earth's, named after 1862 Apollo.
5.4 grams of surface and subsurface material from the carbonaceous asteroid 162173 Ryugu, returned by Hayabusa2 in 2020. The pristine, water- and organic-bearing grains contain amino acids and predate the Solar System's planets.
Within months of each other, Japan's Hayabusa2 delivers samples of asteroid Ryugu to Earth and NASA's OSIRIS-REx collects a sample from asteroid Bennu, opening a new age of asteroid sample return.
A large, dark asteroid in the outer main belt.
A near-Earth asteroid sampled by NASA's OSIRIS-REx.
The first Mars-crossing asteroid discovered — its orbit crosses that of Mars.
The largest stony (S-type) asteroid and the parent of the Eunomia family in the intermediate main belt.
The namesake of the Hilda group, whose members orbit in a 3:2 mean-motion resonance with Jupiter in the outer main belt.
A metal-rich main-belt asteroid and NASA mission target.
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Orbital data, ephemerides, and small-body parameters for planets, asteroids, and comets.