Asteroid
Ryugu
TypeAsteroid
Mass4.5 × 10¹¹ kg
Diameter0.9 km
Orbital Radius224 million km
Orbital Period474 days
Rotation Period7.63 hours
Known Moons0
Surface Gravity~0.00011 m/s²
AtmosphereNone
Discovered ByLINEAR project
Discovery Year1999
About Ryugu
A diamond-shaped near-Earth asteroid. Visited by Japanese Hayabusa2 mission, which returned samples in 2020. Samples contained amino acids and other organic compounds. Has a visible impact crater named Urashima.
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