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Hideaki Miyamoto

Hideaki Miyamoto

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Earth Science

D-Index
43
Citations
8453
World Ranking
4889
National Ranking
127

Overview

Hideaki Miyamoto is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and specializes in the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a significant focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their research contributions span a range of disciplines including Aerospace Engineering, Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, and Molecular Biology.

The core areas of Miyamoto's research include Planetary Science and Exploration, Astro and Planetary Science, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life. In addition, their work extends to Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies, Space Exploration and Technology, and broader Scientific Research and Discoveries.

Throughout their career, Miyamoto has collaborated frequently with several researchers, most notably Shingo Kameda, Tomoki Nakamura, Patrick Michel, Naomi Murdoch, and Toru Kouyama.

Hideaki Miyamoto's publications appear regularly in multiple scientific venues. The most common venues for their work include Earth Planets and Space, Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, Research Square, Scientific Reports, and Icarus.

Among their recent publications are:

  • The ESA Hera Mission: Detailed Characterization of the DART Impact Outcome and of the Binary Asteroid (65803) Didymos, 2022, The Planetary Science Journal
  • Sample collection from asteroid (162173) Ryugu by Hayabusa2: Implications for surface evolution, 2020, Science
  • Martian moons exploration MMX: sample return mission to Phobos elucidating formation processes of habitable planets, 2022, Earth Planets and Space
  • Collisional formation of top-shaped asteroids and implications for the origins of Ryugu and Bennu, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Science operation plan of Phobos and Deimos from the MMX spacecraft, 2021, Earth Planets and Space

The research topics addressed in these publications cover a spectrum of planetary science fields, from asteroid characterization and surface evolution to sample return missions and exploration of Mars' moons.

Best Publications

  • The Rubble-Pile Asteroid Itokawa as Observed by Hayabusa

    A. Fujiwara;J. Kawaguchi;D. K. Yeomans;M. Abe

  • Hayabusa2 arrives at the carbonaceous asteroid 162173 Ryugu—A spinning top–shaped rubble pile

    S. Watanabe;S. Watanabe;M. Hirabayashi;N. Hirata;Na. Hirata

  • Touchdown of the Hayabusa spacecraft at the Muses Sea on Itokawa.

    Hajime Yano;T. Kubota;H. Miyamoto;T. Okada

  • The geomorphology, color, and thermal properties of Ryugu: Implications for parent-body processes

    S. Sugita;S. Sugita;R. Honda;T. Morota;S. Kameda

  • The global distribution of pure anorthosite on the Moon

    Makiko Ohtake;Tsuneo Matsunaga;Junichi Haruyama;Yasuhiro Yokota

  • Regolith Migration and Sorting on Asteroid Itokawa

    Hideaki Miyamoto;Hajime Yano;Daniel J. Scheeres;Shinsuke Abe

  • Detailed Images of Asteroid 25143 Itokawa from Hayabusa

    J. Saito;J. Saito;H. Miyamoto;H. Miyamoto;R. Nakamura;M. Ishiguro

  • Possible lunar lava tube skylight observed by SELENE cameras

    Junichi Haruyama;Kazuyuki Hioki;Motomaro Shirao;Tomokatsu Morota

  • Long-Lived Volcanism on the Lunar Farside Revealed by SELENE Terrain Camera

    Junichi Haruyama;Makiko Ohtake;Tsuneo Matsunaga;Tomokatsu Morota

  • Sample collection from asteroid (162173) Ryugu by Hayabusa2: Implications for surface evolution

    T. Morota;T. Morota;S. Sugita;S. Sugita;Y. Cho;M. Kanamaru

  • Transition zone origin of potassic basalts from Wudalianchi volcano, northeast China

    Takeshi Kuritani;Jun Ichi Kimura;Eiji Ohtani;Hideaki Miyamoto

  • Size-frequency statistics of boulders on global surface of asteroid 25143 Itokawa

    Tatsuhiro Michikami;Akiko M. Nakamura;Naru Hirata;Robert W. Gaskell

  • Simulating lava flows by an improved cellular automata method

    Hideaki Miyamoto;Sho Sasaki

  • Pole and Global Shape of 25143 Itokawa

    Hirohide Demura;Shingo Kobayashi;Etsuko Nemoto;Naoya Matsumoto

  • Boulder size and shape distributions on asteroid Ryugu

    Tatsuhiro Michikami;Chikatoshi Honda;Hideaki Miyamoto;Masatoshi Hirabayashi

  • Outflow channel sources, reactivation, and chaos formation, Xanthe Terra, Mars

    Jose A.P. Rodriguez;Sho Sasaki;Ruslan O. Kuzmin;James M. Dohm

  • Lack of Exposed Ice Inside Lunar South Pole Shackleton Crater

    Junichi Haruyama;Makiko Ohtake;Tsuneo Matsunaga;Tomokatsu Morota

  • Tsunami waves extensively resurfaced the shorelines of an early Martian ocean

    J. Alexis P. Rodriguez;J. Alexis P. Rodriguez;Alberto G. Fairén;Alberto G. Fairén;Kenneth L. Tanaka;Mario Zarroca

  • Collisional formation of top-shaped asteroids and implications for the origins of Ryugu and Bennu

    P. Michel;R.-L. Ballouz;O. S. Barnouin;M. Jutzi

  • Recent geological and hydrological activity on Mars: The Tharsis/Elysium corridor

    James M. Dohm;Robert C. Anderson;Nadine G. Barlow;Hirdy Miyamoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Sho Sasaki
Sho Sasaki Osaka University
Naru Hirata
Naru Hirata University of Aizu
Alberto G. Fairén
Alberto G. Fairén Cornell University
Goro Komatsu
Goro Komatsu International Research School of Planetary Sciences
Victor R. Baker
Victor R. Baker University of Arizona
Tomokatsu Morota
Tomokatsu Morota University of Tokyo
James M. Dohm
James M. Dohm University of Tokyo
Tomoki Nakamura
Tomoki Nakamura Tohoku University
Jeffrey S. Kargel
Jeffrey S. Kargel Planetary Science Institute
Olivier S. Barnouin
Olivier S. Barnouin Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

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