Ground Observation of the Hayabusa Reentry: The Third Opportunity of Man-made Fireball from Interplanetary Orbit

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Dec 2010

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American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010, abstract #P13A-1364

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[6099] Planetary Sciences: Comets And Small Bodies / General Or Miscellaneous, [6245] Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects / Meteors, [7299] Seismology / General Or Miscellaneous

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After 7 years and 6,000,000,000 km of challenging cruise in the solar system, the Hayabusa did come back to the Earth on June 13, 2010. The Hayabusa, the first sample-return explorer to NEA, landed on 25243 Itokawa in 2005, capturing surface particles on the S-type asteroid into its sample return capsule (SRC). Following to the reentries of the Genesis in 2004 and the Stardust in 2006, the return of the Hayabusa SRC was the third direct reentry event from the interplanetary transfer orbit to the Earth at a velocity of over 11.2 km/s. In addition, it was world first case of direct reentry of spacecraft from interplanetary transfer orbit. After the successful resumption of the SRC, it was carefully sent to ISAS/JAXA, and at present, small particles expected to be the first sample-return materials from the minor planet are carefully investigated. In order to obtain precise trajectory information to ensure the quick procedure for the Hayabusa SRC resumption team, we observed the Hayabusa SRC reentry by optically in Australian night sky. High-resolution imaging and spectroscopy were carried out with several high-sensitivity instruments to investigate thermal-protection process of thermal protection ablator (TPA) as well as interaction process between SRC surface materials and upper atmospheric neutral and plasma components. Moreover, shockwaves were observed by infrasound/seismic sensor arrays on ground to investigate reentry related shockwaves as well as air-to-ground coupling process at the extremely rare opportunity. With respect to nominal trajectory of the Hayabusa SRC reentry, four optical stations were set inside and near the Woomera Prohibited Area, Australia, targeting on peak-heat and/or front-heat profiles of ablating TPA for engineering aspect. Infrasound and seismic sensors were also deployed as three arrayed stations and three single stations to realize direction findings of sonic boom type shockwaves from the SRC and spacecraft and point source type shockwaves from explosion of the Hayabusa itself as well as investigate precise parameters of pressure waves and energy transforming processes through the air-to-ground couplings. At 23:21 local time (13:51 UT) on June 13, 2010, the reentry of the SRC and the Hayabusa itself were successfully operated on the exact schedule and trajectory, giving us fruitful images and signals on almost all cameras and infrasound/seismic sensors. Moreover, several audible sound signals were detected at an observation site about 70 km apart from the trajectory. In this talk, we introduce our ground observations and preliminary results of infrasound/seismic observation part of this ground observation campaign. Acknowledgement: This research was partially supported by the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Field Research in Abroad, 22403005, 2010 (PI: Y.H.).

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