Andy Thomas Centre for Space Resources - Asteroid Public Lecture 24th June 2022
- Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2022, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Location: Horace Lamb - lecture theatre, followed by networking drinks in Ingkarni Wardli Atrium
- Cost: Free
- More information: Register
A rare opportunity to listen & meet Professor Hideaki Miyamoto, Planetary Geologist with the University of Tokyo discuss small body missions - brought to you The Andy Thomas Centre for Space Resources
About this event
Learn about recent and near-future Japanese missions to small bodies and satellites with our special guest from Department of Systems Innovations, University of Tokyo, Professor Hideaki Miyamoto.
Professor Miyamoto will discuss the outlines of these missions, especially from the viewpoint of space resources.
"We have recently explored Itokawa and Ryugu, which are <1km-sized near-earth asteroids, and successfully returned samples from them. The surfaces are covered by unconsolidated granular materials, which are somehow similar to but different from the Moon. We are preparing for a few new missions, including the Phobos sample-return mission (MMX mission) and lunar resource exploration missions (LUPEX and Tsukimi missions)."
Hideaki Miyamoto is the Head of the Department of Systems Innovation and Professor at the University of Tokyo, Japan. He was an Adjunct Professor at the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) from 2017 to 2019. He is involved in many space missions, such as asteroid missions (Hayabusa, Hayabusa-2, and HERA), lunar missions (Kaguya, LUPEX), and Mars missions (MMX). He has published > 110 peer-reviewed publications, mostly in planetary science
Join us after in the Ingkarni Wardli foyer for drinks, nibbles and networking from 4-5pm.