The 3rd DESTINY⁺ Science Working Team Meeting
Thursday, March 2, 2023 – Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Venue: The Tokyo Skytree Town® Campus of CIT (Room A) with an online component through Zoom (hybrid format)
Agenda on Thursday, March 2, 2023:
15:00 Opening remark, Logistics: T. Arai
15:05–16:25 Project status <Chair: K. Wada>
■Overall and system development status: H. Toyota, T. Takashima (ISAS/JAXA)
■Trajectory design of DESTINY⁺: Toward Phaethon and multiple asteroids: N. Ozaki (ISAS/JAXA)
■Science team activity status: T. Arai (PERC/ChiTech)
■TCAP & MCAP development status: K. Ishibashi (PERC/ChiTech)
16:30–17:30 DDA <Chair: T. Hirai >
■DDA development status, the first DDA test results and expectations for science performance: J. Simolka, R. Srama (Univ. of Stuttgart)
■Status report of ground calibration of DDA: M. Trieloff (Universität Heidelberg)
■Micro-debris measurements with DDA: M. Sommer (Univ. of Stuttgart)
17:30–18:00
■DDA-related discussion
18:00 Adjourn
Agenda on Friday, March 3, 2023:
15:00–16:40 Ground Observation of Phaethon <Chair: H. Kimura>
■Multicolor Simultaneous Photometry of (3200) Phaethon with Seimei/TriCCS in 2021: J. Beniyama (The Univ. of Tokyo), T. Sekiguchi (Hokkaido Univ. of Education)
■Polarimetric observation in 2021: J. Geem, M. Ishiguro (Seoul National Univ.)
■Stellar occultation observation in 2021/2022: F. Yoshida (Univ. of Occupational & Environmental Health)
■A thermophysical study of the DESTINY⁺ mission target 3200 Phaethon: H. Senshu (PERC/ChiTech)
■Shape model of 3200 Phaethon from radar, occultation, and light-curve observations: S. Marshall (Arecibo Observatory & Univ. of Central Florida)
16:50–17:20 Future ground Observation plan for Phaethon (discussion) <Chair: F. Yoshida>
-Verification of rotational acceleration, orbital change
-Stellar occultation observation of asteroid 2005UD
-Thermophysical analyses
-UV-VIS reflectance spectra
17:20–18:00 <Chair: T. Arai>
Discussion for future topics (All)
-Science opportunities for Earth-spiraling phase, Lunar-swing-by phase
■Lunar impact flashes and sodium tail observations during cruising phase: S. Abe (Nihon University)
■Direct measurement of chemical composition of dust around the Moon by DDA: T. Arai (PERC/ChiTech)
-Science Working Team status
-Future meeting
18:00 Adjourn
(end)
N.B.
★All dates and times are in Japan Standard Time (UTC+9).
★All talks are ca 20 min including 5 min Q&A.
Latest information on DESTINY⁺:
Tech Specs (DDA, TCAP, MCAP)
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