List of artificial objects on extraterrestrial surfaces explained

This is a partial list of artificial objects left on extraterrestrial surfaces.

Artificial objects on Venus

See main article: List of artificial objects on Venus.

Artificial objects on the Moon

See main article: List of artificial objects on the Moon.

Artificial objects on Mars

See main article: List of artificial objects on Mars and List of Mars landers.

Artificial objects on other extraterrestrial bodies

SurfaceObjectMassOwnerLandingclass=unsortable Locationclass=unsortable
67P/Churyumov–GerasimenkoPhilae100kg (200lb) ESA/DLR"Abydos"
Rosetta1230kg (2,710lb) ESA"Sais"
align=center 433 ErosNEAR Shoemaker487kg (1,074lb) NASA/APLSouth of Himeros crater[1]
25143 ItokawaHayabusa target marker JAXAMuses Sea[2]
align=center MercuryMESSENGER1108kg (2,443lb) NASA/APLSuisei Planitia
162173 RyuguMASCOT9.6kg (21.2lb) CNES/DLRAlice's Wonderland[3] [4] [5]
MINERVA-II Rover-1A1.1kg (02.4lb) JAXATritonis[6] [7]
MINERVA-II Rover-1B1.1kg (02.4lb)
MINERVA-II Rover-21kg (02lb)Unknown[8] [9]
Hayabusa2 Small Carry-on Impactor2.5kg (05.5lb)"C01"[10] [11]
Hayabusa2 Deployable Camera 3≈2kg (04lb)Unknown[12]
Hayabusa2 Target Marker B0.3kg (00.7lb)"L08"[13]
Hayabusa2 Target Marker A0.3kg (00.7lb)"S01"
Hayabusa2 Target Marker E0.3kg (00.7lb)Unknown[14]
Hayabusa2 Target Marker C0.3kg (00.7lb)Unknown
align=center 9P/TempelDeep Impact impactor372kg (820lb) NASA/JPL
TitanHuygens lander319kg (703lb) ESANortheast of Adiri[15] [16]
Huygens heat shieldUnknown
Huygens parachuteUnknown
align=center DimorphosDouble Asteroid Redirection Test impactor570kg (1,260lb) NASA/JHUAPL

Estimated total masses of objects

align=left Surfacealign=right Total estimated mass of objects (kg)align=right Total estimated local weight of objects (N)
Churyumov–Gerasimenkoalign=right 100align=right ?
Erosalign=right 487align=right ?
Itokawaalign=right 0.591align=right ?
Jupiteralign=right 2,564align=right 59,400
Marsalign=right 10,240align=right 37,833
Mercuryalign=right 507.9align=right 1,881
The Moonalign=right 216,092align=right 35,729
Ryugualign=right 18.5align=right ?
Saturnalign=right 2,150align=right 2,289.75
Tempel 1align=right 370align=right 2.5
Titanalign=right 319align=right 372
Venusalign=right 22,642align=right 201,256
Dimorphosalign=right 570align=right ?
Totalalign=right 254,024align=right 613,273+

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Spaceflight Now staff. NEAR Shoemaker phones home for the last time. Spaceflight Now. 7 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181206235956/https://www.spaceflightnow.com/near/010228end/. 6 December 2018. 28 February 2001. NEAR Shoemaker now rests silently just to the south of the saddle-shaped feature Himeros.... live.
  2. Web site: Rayl. A.J.S.. Hayabusa Does Not Land on Asteroid in First Attempt, But Successfully Delivers Target Marker. The Planetary Society. 6 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20110621231644/http://planetary.org/news/2005/1121_Hayabusa_Does_Not_Land_on_Asteroid_in.html. 21 June 2011. 21 November 2005. "...Sunday, November 20 (JST) JAXA received the signal that Hayabusa had carried out its task successfully [...] the target marker landed about six and a half minutes after it left Hayabusa, settling down just as planned in the nice flat region that the team dubbed Muses Sea...". dead.
  3. Web site: Wall. Mike. Landing Site on Asteroid Ryugu Chosen for Japan's Hayabusa2 Mission. Space.com. 8 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181208223757/https://www.space.com/41602-hayabusa2-asteroid-ryugu-landing-site-selected-photos.html. 8 December 2018. 23 August 2018. The Hayabusa2 spacecraft's Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout (MASCOT) will land at a site in the asteroid Ryugu's southern hemisphere dubbed MA-9.... live.
  4. Web site: Nowakowski. Tomasz. European MASCOT spacecraft successfully lands on asteroid Ryugu. Spaceflight Insider. 8 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181208223431/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/esa/european-mascot-spacecraft-successfully-lands-on-asteroid-ryugu/. 8 December 2018. 5 October 2018. A small European spacecraft, known as the Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout (MASCOT), successfully landed on asteroid Ryugu on Wednesday, Oct. 3 [...] MASCOT weighs some 21 lbs. (9.6 kilograms).... live.
  5. Web site: Correction to the name of the MINERVA-II1 landing site. 1 February 2019. JAXA.
  6. Web site: Lakdawalla. Emily. Emily Lakdawalla. Hayabusa2 Team Announces Ryugu Landing Sites, Initial Science Survey Results. The Planetary Society. 8 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181208224130/http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2018/0824-hayabusa2-team-announces-landing-site.html. 8 December 2018. 24 August 2018. "N6" marks the likely drop zone for MINERVA-II, which will deploy four microrovers.. live.
  7. Web site: ABC/Wires. Hayabusa 2: Japanese space agency makes history by landing two rovers on an asteroid. ABC News Australia. 8 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181208225141/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-23/pictures-confirm-japans-hayabusa2-lands-rovers-on-asteroid/10295992. 8 December 2018. 24 September 2018. The rovers, each with a diameter of 18cm, height of 7cm and weight of about 1.1kg, were released from the Hayabusa2 spacecraft on Friday.. live.
  8. http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/the-downlink-station-crew-home-hb2-rover.html The Downlink: Station Crew Home, Hayabusa2 Deploys Rover.
  9. 1179440763752480769. haya2e_jaxa. [MINERVA-II2] MINERVA-II2 is confirmed to have separated today (10/3) at 01:38 JST. The separation time was 00:57 J…. 2 October 2019.
  10. Web site: Approach to the 2nd touchdown–Part 3: To go or not to go–. 8 July 2019. JAXA.
  11. Web site: The Pinpoint Touchdown – Target Marker 1A (PPTD-TM1A) operation. 5 May 2019. JAXA.
  12. Web site: Hayabusa 2 is the First Spacecraft to Sample the Inside of an Asteroid. 16 July 2019. Evan. Gough. Universe Today.
  13. Web site: The touchdown site. 19 February 2019. JAXA.
  14. Web site: Target marker separation operation. 16 September 2019. JAXA.
  15. Web site: Cook. Jia-Rui C.. Land Ho! Huygens Plunged to Titan Surface 5 Years Ago. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 6 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181206234930/https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=2448. 6 December 2018. 14 January 2010. The Huygens probe parachuted down to the surface of Saturn's haze-shrouded moon Titan exactly five years ago on Jan. 14, 2005 [...] as it plunged through Titan's hazy atmosphere and landed near a region now known as Adiri.. live.
  16. Web site: NSSDCA staff. Huygens (NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 1997-061C). National Space Science Data Coordinated Archive (NSSDCA). 6 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181206235537/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1997-061C. 6 December 2018. 2005. "Mass: 319 kg". live.