Images Obtained by MINERVA-II Rovers of Hayabusa2 Mission and Their Process on the Ground

Tetsuo Yoshimitsu, Takashi Kubota, Yasuhiro Yokota, Toru Kouyama, Yoshinobu Asakura

doi:https://doi.org/10.36463/idw.2021.0619

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[PRJ1/AIS4-1(Invited)] Images Obtained by MINERVA-II Rovers of Hayabusa2 Mission and Their Process on the Ground

*Tetsuo Yoshimitsu¹, Takashi Kubota¹, Yasuhiro Yokota¹, Toru Kouyama², Yoshinobu Asakura³ (1.Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan), 2.National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Japan), 3.Nittoh Inc. (Japan))

MINERVA-II, asteroid, solar system exploration, planetary rover

https://doi.org/10.36463/idw.2021.0619

The authors developed twin rovers for the Japanese asteroid mission Hayabusa2. The rovers were deployed onto the target asteroid on 21 September 2018. The rovers then made autonomous surface explorations by hopping. This paper describes the onboard camera system of the rovers as well as the image processing techniques made on the Ground.

Proceedings of the International Display Workshops Volume 28 (IDW '21)

[PRJ1/AIS4-1(Invited)] Images Obtained by MINERVA-II Rovers of Hayabusa2 Mission and Their Process on the Ground