arxiv: 2604.08832 · v1 · submitted 2026-04-10 · 🌌 astro-ph.EP · astro-ph.IM

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Overview of Hayabusa2 extended mission's flyby of Near-Earth Asteroid (98943) Torifune

Masatoshi Hirabayashi , Masahiko Hayakawa , Yuya Mimasu , Naru Hirata , Takuya Iwaki , Shunichi Kamata , Kohei Kitazato , Toru Kouyama

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Naoya Sakatani Hajime Yano Koki Yumoto Masahiro Fujiwara Sumito Shimomura Takanao Saiki Hiroshi Takeuchi Eri Tatsumi Yuichi Tsuda Yasuhiro Yokota Makoto Yoshikawa Satoshi Tanaka Hayabusa2 Extended Mission Torifune Flyby Working Group

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keywords Hayabusa2Torifuneasteroid flybyextended missionnear-Earth asteroidplanetary defensespacecraft operationssolar system material transport

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Hayabusa2 extended mission will conduct a close-range flyby of asteroid Torifune in July 2026 to collect science and engineering data.

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The paper provides an overview of the Hayabusa2# extended mission's planned flyby of the near-Earth asteroid (98943) Torifune. After successfully returning samples from Ryugu, the spacecraft is continuing on a decade-long journey that includes this flyby as a key event. The mission aims to demonstrate long-term spacecraft operations and gather insights into material transport in the inner solar system and planetary defense technologies through the flyby observations.

Core claim

The Hayabusa2# mission plans to fly by Torifune at a distance of 1-10 km from its center at a relative speed of 5.25 km/s when the asteroid is 0.81 au from the Sun. During the flyby, the spacecraft will maintain a fixed orientation with only limited pointing adjustments to achieve higher-resolution imaging. This approach is intended to yield science returns on the asteroid's properties and engineering demonstrations of mission operations.

What carries the argument

The flyby operation with fixed spacecraft orientation and limited pointing change for imaging at close range.

Load-bearing premise

The spacecraft and its systems will continue to function reliably after years in space to execute the planned trajectory and imaging strategy.

What would settle it

Failure of the spacecraft to maintain operations or inability to achieve the 1-10 km flyby distance during the July 2026 encounter would disprove the feasibility of the planned mission returns.

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Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2604.08832 by Eri Tatsumi, Hajime Yano, Hayabusa2 Extended Mission Torifune Flyby Working Group, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Kohei Kitazato, Koki Yumoto, Makoto Yoshikawa, Masahiko Hayakawa, Masahiro Fujiwara, Masatoshi Hirabayashi, Naoya Sakatani, Naru Hirata, Satoshi Tanaka, Shunichi Kamata, Sumito Shimomura, Takanao Saiki, Takuya Iwaki, Toru Kouyama, Yasuhiro Yokota, Yuichi Tsuda, Yuya Mimasu.

**Figure 1.** Figure 1: Hayabusa2# mission spaceflight operation scenario. This section briefly summarizes Hayabusa2#’s spacecraft operation scenario ( [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_1.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 2.** Figure 2: Spacecraft trajectory to Torifune from Earth departure in December 2020 to the flyby in July 2026. The spacecraft’s trajectory is shown as red lines, while Torifune’s trajectory is depicted using blue lines. The blue dot is Earth, the green dot is the sun, and the black dot is the flyby point. Both panels show the same trajectories. Panel a shows the inertial frame, while Panel b illustrates the sun-Earth … view at source ↗

**Figure 3.** Figure 3: Variations in the solar phase angle (spacecraft-asteroid-sun angle) and the spacecraft-asteroid distance over T ± 30 hr from the closest encounter. The planned flyby sequences will begin approximately T-10 days after the spacecraft successfully detects Torifune ( [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_3.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 4.** Figure 4: Tentative planning for flyby science observation sequences.“Sat. search” means satellite search. The plot displays time on the horizontal axis, with each row representing the timeline of scientific observation sequences for each instrument. ONC-T will be used not only for scientific investigations but also for GNC sequences. FB means the closest-approach time. All the instruments will complete their observ… view at source ↗

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The Hayabusa2 extended mission, nicknamed Hayabusa2# (# is pronounced SHARP, which stands for the Small Hazardous Asteroid Reconnaissance Probe), is JAXA's small body explorer to conduct science and engineering investigations in space. After the successful return to the Earth with the samples from the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu on December 6, 2020, Hayabusa2 diverted away from Earth to start its decade-long extended mission. The major scope includes engineering demonstration of long-term maintenance strategies for spacecraft and operation systems and scientific investigations during various mission phases. Major scientific investigations include spacecraft-based telescopic observations of exoplanets and zodiacal dust observations during the cruise phase, flyby observations of the near-Earth asteroid (98943) Torifune in July 2026, and rendezvous observations of near-Earth asteroid 1998 KY26 in 2031. This study overviews Hayabusa2#'s flyby and the physical properties of Torifune. Although the flyby operation planning is still ongoing, the mission will attempt to fly by the target at a distance (from the asteroid's center) of ~1-10 km. The flyby speed is planned to be 5.25 km/s, while the encounter location is 0.81 au from the sun. The mission plans to fix the spacecraft's orientation during the flyby, only allowing for a very limited pointing change to attain higher resolution imaging. The mission will attempt to obtain science and engineering returns during the flyby. The planned investigations will offer stronger insights into material transport mechanisms in the inner solar system and a demonstration of planetary defense technologies.

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A factual but low-novelty overview of the upcoming Hayabusa2 Torifune flyby.

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This paper is basically a mission briefing on Hayabusa2's flyby of Torifune next year. It sticks to the facts about the planned trajectory and what the team hopes to get out of it. The authors lay out the encounter geometry clearly: a 1-10 km closest approach at 5.25 km/s, happening at 0.81 au from the Sun. They explain that the spacecraft will hold a fixed orientation with only minor adjustments for better images. The target asteroid's known properties are summarized from earlier data, and the broader extended mission goals get a quick mention. What works here is the straightforward presentation. Everything lines up with the stated plans, and they are upfront that operations planning is still underway. No claims about guaranteed results or new discoveries. The downside is that there is not much new in it. This reads like a status report rather than a research article. Similar overviews have appeared for other flybys, and this one does not include any fresh analysis or predictions that could be checked later. It is the kind of paper that helps people keep track of ongoing missions in planetary science. Anyone working on near-Earth asteroids or spacecraft operations might find it handy for reference. I think it should go to peer review so the details get checked before the actual flyby.

Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript provides a factual overview of the Hayabusa2 extended mission (Hayabusa2#) following the 2020 Ryugu sample return, with emphasis on the planned July 2026 flyby of near-Earth asteroid (98943) Torifune. It summarizes the mission's engineering and scientific goals, reports known physical properties of Torifune, and details the current flyby plans: closest approach of ~1-10 km from the asteroid center, relative speed of 5.25 km/s at 0.81 au from the Sun, fixed spacecraft orientation with only limited pointing adjustments for higher-resolution imaging, and the intent to obtain science and engineering data during the encounter. The text explicitly states that flyby operation planning remains ongoing and makes no claims about execution success or data quality.

Significance. As a pre-mission descriptive summary of an active JAXA mission, the paper serves as a useful reference for the planetary science community by documenting planned parameters and objectives. If the flyby occurs as described, the observations could contribute to studies of inner-solar-system material transport and planetary-defense technology demonstrations. The absence of derivations, fitted parameters, or performance predictions keeps the scope appropriately limited to factual reporting of external plans.

minor comments (1)

The abstract and introduction both state that planning is ongoing; a single consolidated sentence in §1 or the abstract would avoid minor repetition while preserving the important caveat.

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We thank the referee for their positive review and recommendation to accept the manuscript. The referee's summary accurately reflects the paper's scope as a factual pre-mission overview of the Hayabusa2# flyby plans for Torifune, with no overstatements regarding outcomes.

Circularity Check

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full rationale

The manuscript is a purely descriptive overview of the Hayabusa2# extended mission plans and Torifune asteroid properties. It states mission parameters (flyby distance ~1-10 km, speed 5.25 km/s, encounter at 0.81 au, fixed orientation with limited pointing) as ongoing plans without any derivations, equations, fitted parameters, or predictions. No load-bearing self-citations, uniqueness theorems, or ansatzes appear; all content reports external facts and JAXA plans. The paper is self-contained against external benchmarks with no internal reduction of claims to inputs by construction.

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This is a descriptive mission overview with no mathematical models, derivations, or new physical postulates.

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The flyby speed is planned to be 5.25 km/s, while the encounter location is 0.81 au from the sun. The mission plans to fix the spacecraft's orientation during the flyby, only allowing for a very limited pointing change to attain higher resolution imaging.
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Table 1. Science objectives (SOs) for the Torifune flyby... ONC... TIR... NIRS3... LIDAR...

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