List of works by Masanao Abe

A micro-Raman and infrared study of several Hayabusa category 3 (organic) particles

Albedo, Size, and Surface Characteristics of Hayabusa-2 Sample-Return Target 162173 1999 JU3 from AKARI and Subaru Observations

An artificial impact on the asteroid (162173) Ryugu formed a crater in the gravity-dominated regime

scientific article published on 19 March 2020

An evaluation method of reflectance spectra to be obtained by Hayabusa2 Near-Infrared Spectrometer (NIRS3) based on laboratory measurements of carbonaceous chondrites

Developing space weathering on the asteroid 25143 Itokawa

scientific article

Development of a sample holder for synchrotron radiation-based computed tomography and diffraction analysis of extraterrestrial materials

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Environmental assessment in the prelaunch phase of Hayabusa2 for safety declaration of returned samples from the asteroid (162173) Ryugu: background monitoring and risk management during development of the sampler system

scientific article published on 10 June 2022

Global mapping of the degree of space weathering on asteroid 25143 Itokawa by Hayabusa/AMICA observations

scholarly article

H, C, and N isotopic compositions of Hayabusa category 3 organic samples

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Hayabusa2 Landing Site Selection: Surface Topography of Ryugu and Touchdown Safety

scientific article published in October 2020

Hayabusa2 Sample Catcher and Container: Metal-Seal System for Vacuum Encapsulation of Returned Samples with Volatiles and Organic Compounds Recovered from C-Type Asteroid Ryugu

scientific article

Hayabusa2 Sampler: Collection of Asteroidal Surface Material

scientific article

Hayabusa2 arrives at the carbonaceous asteroid 162173 Ryugu-A spinning top-shaped rubble pile

scientific article published on 19 March 2019

Highly porous nature of a primitive asteroid revealed by thermal imaging

scientific article published on 16 March 2020

Investigation of cutting methods for small samples of Hayabusa and future sample return missions

scholarly article

Irradiation History of Itokawa Regolith Material Deduced from Noble Gases in the Hayabusa Samples

scientific article published in Science

Itokawa dust particles: a direct link between S-type asteroids and ordinary chondrites

scientific article

Lack of exposed ice inside lunar south pole Shackleton Crater

scientific article

Long-lived volcanism on the lunar farside revealed by SELENE Terrain Camera

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Mineral chemistry of MUSES-C Regio inferred from analysis of dust particles collected from the first- and second-touchdown sites on asteroid Itokawa

scholarly article

Mineralogy of four Itokawa particles collected from the first touchdown site

scholarly article by Takaaki Noguchi et al published 2014 in Earth, Planets and Space

NIRS3: The Near Infrared Spectrometer on Hayabusa2

Near-infrared spectrophotometry of Asteroid 25143 Itokawa from NIRS on the Hayabusa spacecraft

Optical properties of (162173) 1999 JU3: in preparation for the JAXA hayabusa 2 sample return mission

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

Oxygen Isotopic Compositions of Asteroidal Materials Returned from Itokawa by the Hayabusa Mission

scientific article published in Science

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in samples of Ryugu formed in the interstellar medium

scientific article published on 21 December 2023

Rock Magnetic Characterization of Returned Samples From Asteroid (162173) Ryugu: Implications for Paleomagnetic Interpretation and Paleointensity Estimation

scientific article published in November 2022

Ryugu particles found outside the Hayabusa2 sample container

scientific article published in 2022

Sample collection from asteroid (162173) Ryugu by Hayabusa2: Implications for surface evolution

scientific article published on 01 May 2020

Samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu are similar to Ivuna-type carbonaceous meteorites

scholarly article

Sequential analysis of carbonaceous materials in Hayabusa-returned samples for the determination of their origin

Space environment of an asteroid preserved on micrograins returned by the Hayabusa spacecraft

scientific article published on 27 February 2012

Space weathered rims found on the surfaces of the Itokawa dust particles

scholarly article

Spectral characterization of the craters of Ryugu as observed by the NIRS3 instrument on-board Hayabusa2

scientific article

System design of the Hayabusa 2—Asteroid sample return mission to 1999 JU3

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The first detection of water absorption on a D type asteroid

scholarly article

The formation of H2O and Si-OH by H2+ irradiation in major minerals of carbonaceous chondrites

scientific article

The geomorphology, color, and thermal properties of Ryugu: Implications for parent-body processes

scientific article published on 19 March 2019

The global distribution of pure anorthosite on the Moon

scientific article published on September 2009

The opposition effect of the asteroid 4 Vesta

scientific article

The surface composition of asteroid 162173 Ryugu from Hayabusa2 near-infrared spectroscopy

scientific article published on 19 March 2019

Thermally altered subsurface material of asteroid (162173) Ryugu

scientific article

Three-dimensional structure of Hayabusa samples: origin and evolution of Itokawa regolith.

scientific article

ToF-SIMS analysis of carbonaceous particles in the sample catcher of the Hayabusa spacecraft

X-ray absorption near edge structure spectroscopic study of Hayabusa category 3 carbonaceous particles