UTokyo Organization for Planetary Space Science (UTOPS) and Department of Earth and Planetary Science cooperated in the “Asteroid Itokawa and Ryugu Double Sample Exhibition in Nagoya City Science Museum” held from August 6 (Tue) to August 25 (Sun), 2024, at the 5th floor demo space of the Nagoya City Science Museum’s Astronomy Building.

Samples from the asteroid Itokawa, brought back to Earth by the asteroid explorer Hayabusa in June 2010, and samples from the asteroid Ryugu, brought back to Earth by the asteroid explorer Hayabusa2 in December 2020, were displayed side by side.

For details, please refer to the following URL.

https://www.ncsm.city.nagoya.jp/visit/attraction/event/2024/itokawa_ryuugu.html