Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout
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Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout (MASCOT) is a small German-French lander designed to study the surface of asteroid Ryugu as part of Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4236698 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout Context triple: [Hayabusa2, landerName, Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout]
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A.
Rover Environmental Monitoring Station
The Rover Environmental Monitoring Station is a weather and climate instrument suite aboard NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover that measures atmospheric conditions such as temperature, pressure, humidity, wind, and radiation on the Martian surface.
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B.
NEA Scout CubeSat
NEA Scout CubeSat is a small solar sail–powered NASA spacecraft designed to perform close-up reconnaissance of a near-Earth asteroid.
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C.
InSight Mars lander
The InSight Mars lander was a NASA robotic mission designed to study the interior structure and seismic activity of Mars to better understand the formation and evolution of rocky planets.
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D.
OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission
The OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission is a NASA spacecraft project that traveled to the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, collected surface material, and returned the samples to Earth for scientific study.
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E.
LunaH-Map CubeSat
LunaH-Map CubeSat is a small NASA spacecraft designed to map and study hydrogen deposits, particularly water ice, in permanently shadowed regions near the Moon’s south pole.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout Target entity description: Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout (MASCOT) is a small German-French lander designed to study the surface of asteroid Ryugu as part of Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission.
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A.
Rover Environmental Monitoring Station
The Rover Environmental Monitoring Station is a weather and climate instrument suite aboard NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover that measures atmospheric conditions such as temperature, pressure, humidity, wind, and radiation on the Martian surface.
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B.
NEA Scout CubeSat
NEA Scout CubeSat is a small solar sail–powered NASA spacecraft designed to perform close-up reconnaissance of a near-Earth asteroid.
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C.
InSight Mars lander
The InSight Mars lander was a NASA robotic mission designed to study the interior structure and seismic activity of Mars to better understand the formation and evolution of rocky planets.
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D.
OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission
The OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission is a NASA spacecraft project that traveled to the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, collected surface material, and returned the samples to Earth for scientific study.
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E.
LunaH-Map CubeSat
LunaH-Map CubeSat is a small NASA spacecraft designed to map and study hydrogen deposits, particularly water ice, in permanently shadowed regions near the Moon’s south pole.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
asteroid lander
ⓘ
planetary science mission element ⓘ space probe ⓘ |
| actualOperatingTime | more than 17 hours ⓘ |
| collaborationWith |
JAXA
ⓘ
linked to:
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
|
| communicationRelay | Hayabusa2 spacecraft ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
France
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ |
| designLifetime | ~16 hours ⓘ |
| developedBy |
CNES
ⓘ
DLR Institute of Space Systems ⓘ
linked to:
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
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| dimensions | approximately 30 cm × 30 cm × 20 cm ⓘ |
| downlinkMethod | relay via Hayabusa2 to Earth ⓘ |
| fullName | Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout ⓘ |
| hasInstrument |
MAG
ⓘ
MARA ⓘ MASCAM ⓘ MicrOmega ⓘ |
| hostAgency | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ |
| hostSpacecraft |
Hayabusa2
ⓘ
linked to:
Hayabusa2 spacecraft
|
| instrumentFullName |
MAG – magnetometer
ⓘ
MARA – MASCOT Radiometer ⓘ
linked to:
MARA radiometer
MASCAM – MASCOT Camera ⓘ MicrOmega – hyperspectral microscope ⓘ
linked to:
MicrOmega infrared imaging spectrometer
|
| landingSiteBody | Ryugu ⓘ |
| launchCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2014-12-03 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Tanegashima Space Center ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
H-IIA 202
ⓘ
linked to:
H-IIA launch vehicle
|
| mass | ~10 kg ⓘ |
| missionStatus | completed ⓘ |
| missionType |
asteroid surface science
ⓘ
in-situ exploration ⓘ |
| mobilitySystem | internal swinging arm ⓘ |
| mobilityType | hopping ⓘ |
| notableFeature | first German-French lander on an asteroid surface ⓘ |
| operator |
French National Centre for Space Studies
ⓘ
linked to:
CNES
German Aerospace Center ⓘ
linked to:
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
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| partOf |
Hayabusa2 mission
ⓘ
linked to:
Hayabusa2 spacecraft
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| powerSource | primary battery ⓘ |
| primaryBody | 162173 Ryugu ⓘ |
| scienceObjective |
analyze mineralogical composition
ⓘ
characterize surface geology of Ryugu ⓘ measure magnetic field at surface ⓘ measure thermal properties of regolith ⓘ |
| separationFromHayabusa2Date | 2018-10-03 ⓘ |
| shape | box-shaped ⓘ |
| shortName | MASCOT ⓘ |
| surfaceOperations | multiple hops on Ryugu surface ⓘ |
| target | asteroid 162173 Ryugu ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout Description of subject: Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout (MASCOT) is a small German-French lander designed to study the surface of asteroid Ryugu as part of Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Hayabusa2 spacecraft