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List of works by Naru Hirata

A generalised methodology for analytic construction of 1:1 resonances around irregular bodies: Application to the asteroid Ryugu’s ejecta dynamics

scientific article

A pristine record of outer Solar System materials from asteroid Ryugu’s returned sample

scientific article published in 2022

AKATSUKI returns to Venus

Absolute calibration of brightness temperature of the Venus disk observed by the Longwave Infrared Camera onboard Akatsuki

Albedo Observation by Hayabusa2 LIDAR: Instrument Performance and Error Evaluation

scientific article published on 2 March 2016

Alignment determination of the Hayabusa2 laser altimeter (LIDAR)

scientific article

An Automated Method for Crater Counting Using Rotational Pixel Swapping Method

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

scientific article published on 19 March 2020

An overview of the LIDAR observations of asteroid 25143 Itokawa

Ballistic deployment of the Hayabusa2 artificial landmarks in the microgravity environment of Ryugu

scientific article

Boulder size and shape distributions on asteroid Ryugu

scientific article published in October 2019

Crater depth-to-diameter ratios on asteroid 162173 Ryugu

scientific article

Development of the Laser Altimeter (LIDAR) for Hayabusa2

scientific article published on 18 February 2016

Dynamic precise orbit determination of Hayabusa2 using laser altimeter (LIDAR) and image tracking data sets

scientific article published on 12 June 2020

Featureless spectra on the Moon as evidence of residual lunar primordial crust

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First compositional analysis of Ryugu samples by the MicrOmega hyperspectral microscope

scientific article published on 20 December 2021

Geologic History and Crater Morphology of Asteroid (162173) Ryugu

scientific article published on 29 July 2021

Geometric correction for thermographic images of asteroid 162173 Ryugu by TIR (thermal infrared imager) onboard Hayabusa2

scientific article published on 26 May 2021

Global classification of lunar reflectance spectra obtained by Kaguya (SELENE): Implication for hidden basaltic materials

scientific article published in March 2019

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

scholarly article

Global occurrence trend of high-Ca pyroxene on lunar highlands and its implications

article by S. Yamamoto et al published May 2015 in Journal of geophysical research. Planets

HARMONICS: A Visualization Tool for <i>Hayabusa</i> and <i>Hayabusa 2</i> Missions

scientific article published in 2017

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

scientific article published in October 2020

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

scientific article published on 19 March 2019

Hayabusa2 pinpoint touchdown near the artificial crater on Ryugu: Trajectory design and guidance performance

scientific article published in October 2021

Highly porous nature of a primitive asteroid revealed by thermal imaging

scientific article published on 16 March 2020

Improving Hayabusa2 trajectory by combining LIDAR data and a shape model

scientific article published in March 2020

Initial performance of the radio occultation experiment in the Venus orbiter mission Akatsuki

article published in 2017

Initial products of Akatsuki 1-μm camera

Initiation of a lightning search using the lightning and airglow camera onboard the Venus orbiter Akatsuki

scientific article published on 25 May 2018

Itokawa's cratering record as observed by Hayabusa: Implications for its age and collisional history

scientific article published in April 2009

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

scientific article

MMX geodesy investigations: science requirements and observation strategy

scholarly article

Martian moons exploration MMX: sample return mission to Phobos elucidating formation processes of habitable planets

scientific article published on 20 January 2022

Mass and Local Topography Measurements of Itokawa by Hayabusa

scientific article published in Science

NIRS3: The Near Infrared Spectrometer on Hayabusa2

Overview of Akatsuki data products: definition of data levels, method and accuracy of geometric correction

article by Kazunori Ogohara et al published December 2017 in Earth, Planets and Space

Performance of Akatsuki/IR2 in Venus orbit: the first year

Preliminary analysis of the Hayabusa2 samples returned from C-type asteroid Ryugu

scientific article published on 20 December 2021

Regolith migration and sorting on asteroid Itokawa.

scientific article published on 19 April 2007

Resurfacing processes on asteroid (162173) Ryugu caused by an artificial impact of Hayabusa2's Small Carry-on Impactor

scientific article published in September 2021

Rotational Pixel Swapping Method for Detection of Circular Features in Binary Images

Rotational effect as the possible cause of the east-west asymmetric crater rims on Ryugu observed by LIDAR data

scientific article

Rotational states and shapes of Ryugu and Bennu: Implications for interior structure and strength

scientific article published in September 2021

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

Science operation plan of Phobos and Deimos from the MMX spacecraft

scholarly article

Scientific Objectives of Small Carry-on Impactor (SCI) and Deployable Camera 3 Digital (DCAM3-D): Observation of an Ejecta Curtain and a Crater Formed on the Surface of Ryugu by an Artificial High-Velocity Impact

scientific article

Size of particles ejected from an artificial impact crater on asteroid 162173 Ryugu

scientific article

Small-scale topography of 25143 Itokawa from the Hayabusa laser altimeter

scholarly article

Spectrally blue hydrated parent body of asteroid (162173) Ryugu

scientific article published on 5 October 2021

Surface morphological features of boulders on Asteroid 25143 Itokawa

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 spatial distribution of impact craters on Ryugu

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

Thermophysical properties of the surface of asteroid 162173 Ryugu: Infrared observations and thermal inertia mapping

scientific article

Ultraviolet imager on Venus orbiter Akatsuki and its initial results

scientific article published on 12 February 2018

Variation of the lunar highland surface roughness at baseline 0.15-100 km and the relationship to relative age

article by Y. Yokota et al published 11 March 2014 in Geophysical Research Letters

Venus looks different from day to night across wavelengths: morphology from Akatsuki multispectral images

scientific article published on 12 February 2018

Vis-NIR disk-integrated photometry of asteroid 25143 Itokawa around opposition by AMICA/Hayabusa

scientific article

WISE-CAPS: Overcoming Information Gathering Challenges in Lunar Surface Exploration

scientific article published in 2014

YORP Effect on Asteroid 162173 Ryugu: Implications for the Dynamical History

scientific article

YORP Effect on Asteroid 162173 Ryugu: Implications for the Dynamical History

scientific article published in December 2021