Domingue, Deborah; Kitazato, Kohei; Matsuoka, Moe; Yokota, Yasuhiro; Tatsumi, Eri; Iwata, Takahiro; Abe, Masanao; Ohtake, Makiko; Matsuura, Shuji; Schröder, Stefan; Vilas, Faith; Barucci, Antonella; Brunetto, Rosario; Takir, Driss; Le Corre, Lucille; Moskovitz, Nicholas
Bibliographical reference
The Planetary Science Journal
Description
Examination of the opposition geometry properties show that Ryugu's surface regolith is commensurate with laboratory studies of the photometric behavior of powdered carbonaceous chondrites. The regolith is consistent with a broad grain size distribution that contains a fine-grained component.
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