Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft is exploring the asteroid Ryugu and will return samples to Earth in 2020. But before the probe arrived at the asteroid in June 2018, scientists weren’t sure what it actually looked like.
In this gallery, see sketches and photos of what Hayabusa2 scientists thought Ryugu may look like. (A few special guest stars contributed their visions, as well.) Some images are hazardous, some tasty and some just plain funny: the image here is the director general of JAXA’s Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences (and Hayabusa2’s former project manager) Hitoshi Kuninaka’s take on one possible, puzzling form for the asteroid.
You can see the original blog post with asteroid imaginings here.
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https://www.space.com/41010-ryugu-asteroid-hayabusa2-scientists-funny-predictions.html Visions of Ryugu: The Funny (and Scary) Asteroid Predictions by Japan's Hayabusa2 Team
[bestandroiddoubledinheadunit950.blogspot.com]Visions of Ryugu: The Funny (and Scary) Asteroid Predictions by Japan’s Hayabusa2 Team
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