Ryugu
Proper noun
Meaning
Ryugu
(astronomy) An asteroid; properly 162173 Ryugu
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Japanese space probe will deliver a load of prehistoric asteroid rock this weekend: The Hayabusa-2 probe left for a mission in the asteroid belt in 2014 and arrived at its destination, the prehistoric asteroid Ryugu, in 2018.
The probe reached Ryugu in June 2018 and touched down on the asteroid twice last year, collecting the first-ever subsurface sample from an asteroid.
Japan brought back pieces of asteroid Ryugu — its second asteroid batch in a decade.