OSIRIS-REx, Bennu Sample Curatorial Dataset
Overview
Description
The contents of this dataset primarily stem from the initial and detailed description work conducted as part of the Bennu sample curation led by the Astromaterials Science Research Group (ASRG). OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer) is NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, launched in 2016. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collected samples from the B-type near-Earth asteroid (101955) Bennu [1]. In August 2024, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) received approximately 0.5 wt % of the total Bennu sample mass (equivalent to 6.6 g) from NASA. These samples were then curated in JAXA’s curation facility [2]. A series of initial descriptions were carried out in a clean chamber, free from contaminants such as air or dust, and the results are cataloged in this dataset. This dataset includes measurements taken using an optical microscope, balance, a Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectrometer, a hyperspectral infrared imaging system called MicrOmega [3, 4], and an optical multi-band imager with filters compatible with the telescopic optical navigation camera (ONC-T) onboard the Hayabusa2 spacecraft [5, 6, 7].
Measurement Methods
- Optical microscope: VHX-8000 (Keyence Co., Ltd.)
- Balance: AD4212D-33S (A & D Co., Ltd.)
- Micro-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (micro-FTIR): VIR-200 and IRT-5200 (JASCO Co., Ltd.)
- MicrOmega: A Near Infrared (NIR) hyperspectral microscope developed at the Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale (Orsay, France).
- Microscopic COlor and SHape Imager (MICOSHI): A visible multispectral imaging system with six bandpass filters (center wavelengths of 388, 475, 551, 588, 699, 852 nm) (Cho et al., 2022). Detailed calibration and error analysis of the MICOSHI system are provided by Yumoto et al. (2024).
Request for using this data
Requests when using this data, please cite the paper:
“Astromaterials Science Research Group, Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale, Université Paris-Saclay, CNES, S. Nakahara, K. Shimokoshi, K. Yumoto, S. Hayashi, S. Mori, Y. Aikyo, Y. Cho, S. Sugita (2025) OSIRIS-REx Bennu Sample Curatorial Dataset. doi: https://doi.org/10.17597/ISAS.DARTS/CUR-Bennu-description”
Version
N/A
Publication Date
2025-02-07
Temporal Coverage
from 2024-08-22
Identifier
- Title: OSIRIS-REx, Bennu Sample Curatorial Dataset
- ID: darts:curation-bennu-samples
- URL: https://darts.isas.jaxa.jp/datasets/darts:curation-bennu-samples
- Alternative Identifiers: 10.17597/ISAS.DARTS/CUR-Bennu-description
Data Distribution
https://data.darts.isas.jaxa.jp/pub/curation/osirisrex/ (text/csv, image/jpeg, image/png, image/tiff, application/json)
https://darts.isas.jaxa.jp/app/curation/bennu/ (text/csv, image/jpeg, image/png, image/tiff, application/json)
Creator
- ASRG > Astromaterials Science Research Group (ASRG > 地球外物質研究グループ)
- ISAS > Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (宇宙科学研究所) [ROR: 034gcgw60]
- JAXA > Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (宇宙航空研究開発機構) [ROR: 059yhyy33]
- IAS > Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (宇宙天体物理学研究所) [ROR: 014p8mr66]
- Université Paris-Saclay (パリ・サクレ大学) [ROR: 03xjwb503]
- CNES > Centre national d'études spatiales (フランス国立宇宙研究センター) [ROR: 04h1h0y33]
- NAKAHARA, Shunpei (中原 俊平), The University of Tokyo (東京大学)
- SHIMOKOSHI, Kenta (霜越 健多), The University of Tokyo (東京大学)
- YUMOTO, Koki (湯本 航生), JAXA > Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (宇宙航空研究開発機構) [ORCID: 0000-0001-6160-9360]
- HAYASHI, Satoru (林 悟), The University of Tokyo (東京大学)
- MORI, Shoki (森 晶輝), The University of Tokyo (東京大学)
- AIKYO, Yuta (愛敬 雄太), The University of Tokyo (東京大学)
- CHO, Yuichiro (長 勇一郎), The University of Tokyo (東京大学) [ORCID: 0000-0003-2749-2204]
- SUGITA, Seiji (杉田 精司), The University of Tokyo (東京大学) [ORCID: 0000-0001-6076-3614]
Contributor
- SHIMIZU, Yuta (清水 雄太), The University of Tokyo (東京大学) [ORCID: 0000-0002-5518-0147]
- KOBAYASHI, Makito (小林 真輝人), The University of Tokyo (東京大学) [ORCID: 0000-0001-5454-1644]
- TAKEMURA, Tomohiro (竹村 知洋), The University of Tokyo (東京大学) TAKEMURA, Tomohiro (竹村 知洋), The University of Tokyo (東京大学)
- ISOBE, Yuna (磯邊 優奈), The University of Tokyo (東京大学) ISOBE, Yuna (磯邊 優奈), The University of Tokyo (東京大学)
- MIYAMOTO, Hideaki (宮本 英昭), The University of Tokyo (東京大学) [ORCID: 0000-0001-8013-6124]
Copyright Holder
- JAXA > Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (宇宙航空研究開発機構) [ROR: 059yhyy33]
- ISAS > Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (宇宙科学研究所) [ROR: 034gcgw60]
License
References
- [1] Lauretta, D. S. et al. (2024) Meteoritics & Planetary Science - Asteroid (101955) Bennu in the laboratory: Properties of the sample collected by OSIRIS-REx https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.14227
- [2] Abe, M. (2021) Sample Return Missions - Chapter 12 The JAXA Planetary Material Sample Curation Facility https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818330-4.00012-4
- [3] Pilorget, C. et al. (2022) Nature Astronomy - First compositional analysis of Ryugu samples by the MicrOmega hyperspectral microscope https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-021-01549-z
- [4] Riu, L. et al. (2022) Review of Scienific Instruments - Calibration and performances of the MicrOmega instrument for the characterization of asteroid Ryugu returned samples https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0082456
- [5] Cho, Y. et al. (2022) Planetary and Space Science - Development of a multispectral stereo-camera system comparable to Hayabusa2 optical navigation camera (ONC-T) for observing samples returned from asteroid (162173) Ryugu https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2022.105549
- [6] Yumoto, H. et al. (2024) Icarus - Comparison of optical spectra between asteroids Ryugu and Bennu: II. High-precision analysis for space weathering trends https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116204
- [7] Yumoto, H. et al. (2024) Icarus - Comparison of optical spectra between asteroids Ryugu and Bennu: I. Cross calibration between Hayabusa2/ONC-T and OSIRIS-REx/MapCam https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116122