RESEARCH
Research and Industry-Academia Collaboration
研究・産学連携
Asteroid Explorer Hayabusa2
Overview
Many members from the University of Aizu, in particular faculty members from CAIST/ARC-Space, have been involved with Hayabusa 2, the asteroid explorer launched by JAXA in 2014. Our University's members have been conducting research in connection with this project in anticipation of Hayabusa 2's arrival at the asteroid 162173 Ryugu in 2018, to be followed by its return to Earth in 2020. Specifically teams at the University have been engaged in developing observation instruments, which include the near infrared spectrometer installed on Hayabusa 2, and in developing analytic software that will model the shape of the asteroid based on data captured by the probe's observation instruments.
JAXA Hayabusa 2 project website
*Material from JAXA's digital archives has been used for the banner images, etc.
Professors
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DEMURA Hirohide
Professor, Director of Aizu Research Center for Space Informatics
DEMURA Hirohide
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HIRATA Naru
Senior Associate Professor, Deputy Director of Information Systems and Technology Center
HIRATA Naru
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OGAWA Yoshiko
Senior Associate Professor, Deputy Director of Aizu Research Center for Space Informatics
OGAWA Yoshiko
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HONDA Chikatoshi
Associate Professor
HONDA Chikatoshi
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KITAZATO Kohei
Senior Associate Professor
KITAZATO Kohei
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TAKAHASHI Shigeo
Professor
TAKAHASHI Shigeo
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YAGUCHI Yuichi
Senior Associate Professor
YAGUCHI Yuichi
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NARUSE Keitaro
Professor, Division of Information Systems Head of the Division
NARUSE Keitaro
Laboratories and Groups
- Laboratories
- Aizu Research Cluster for Space Science （ARC-Space）
- Groups
- Pattern Processing Laboratory