Kent Yoshikawa

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency — Japan

Physics and Astronomy · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Astro and Planetary Science(74), Planetary Science and Exploration(70), Space Satellite Systems and Control(28), Isotope Analysis in Ecology(11), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research(8)

Publications125 total

Boulder motions on asteroid Ryugu induced by thruster gas disturbance by Hayabusa2
Icarus·2025
Design of Wheel Grouser Geometry With Reduced Sinkage for LEV-1 Lunar Rover
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters·2025· 6 cited
Locomotion of Small Hopping Rover LEV-1 and Application for Future Lunar Lava Tube Exploration
2025
Correction: Strategic Revision of Target Marker Tracking by Hayabusa2 against Camera Degradation: Challenges and In-Flight Results in 2<sup>nd</sup> Landing on Asteroid Ryugu
2024
Preliminary study of spacecraft and robotic arm dynamics during sampling on Phobos
2024· 1 cited
Strategic Revision of Target Marker Tracking by Hayabusa2 against Camera Degradation: Challenges and In-Flight Results in 2<sup>nd</sup> Landing on Asteroid Ryugu
2024
Initial Pose Determination and Control for Sample Collection Manipulator System in Microgravity Celestial Body Landers
2024
Operation Result of Small Hopping Rover LEV-1 Onboard SLIM Lunar Landing Mission
2024
Study on Onboard Explicit Celestial Descent Guidance using Receding Horizon Control Adaptable in Microgravity Environments
2024
Preliminary design of Martian Moons eXploration (MMX)
Acta Astronautica·2022· 36 cited
A pristine record of outer Solar System materials from asteroid Ryugu’s returned sample
Nature Astronomy·2022· 135 citedOpen Access
Site selection for the Hayabusa2 artificial cratering and subsurface material sampling on Ryugu
Planetary and Space Science·2022· 7 citedOpen Access
On the origin and evolution of the asteroid Ryugu: A comprehensive geochemical perspective
Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B·2022· 181 citedOpen Access
Hayabusa2 returned samples: A unique and pristine record of outer Solar System materials from asteroid Ryugu
Research Square (Research Square)·2022· 3 citedOpen Access
The MMX rover: performing in situ surface investigations on Phobos
Earth Planets and Space·2022· 52 citedOpen Access
Touchdown and sampling from asteroid Ryugu
Elsevier eBooks·2022· 1 cited
Orbiting experiment of artificial objects deployed from Hayabusa2
Elsevier eBooks·2022· 1 cited
Contributors
Elsevier eBooks·2022
Superior solar conjunction phase: Design and operations
Elsevier eBooks·2022· 1 cited
Controlled descent of Hayabusa2 to Ryugu
Elsevier eBooks·2022
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Frequent Co-authors

Naoko Ogawa(32), Go Ono(32), Yuya Mimasu(32), Takanao Saiki(32), Fuyuto Terui(31), Yuichi Tsuda(31), Yuto Takei(30), Shota Kikuchi(26), Satoru Nakazawa(21), Hiroshi Takeuchi(20), Manabu Yamada(20), Naru Hirata(19), Makoto Yoshikawa(19), Seiji Sugita(19), Atsushi Fujii(19), Hirotaka Sawada(19), Sei‐ichiro Watanabe(18), Satoshi Tanaka(18), Yukio Yamamoto(16), Y. Yokota(16)