Abstract MASCOT, the Mobile Asteroid Surface SCOuT, is a small lander jointly developed by the German and French space agencies [ Ho et al., 2017 ], that travelled on board of the JAXA Hayabusa2 spacecraft for over 3 years to the C-type asteroid Ryugu. The goal of MASCOT was to perform in situ measurements on the surface of the asteroid by means of its four scientific instruments, substantially contributing in this way to the overall scientific return of Hayabusa2 mission. The objective of the paper is to provide a detailed overview of the Landing Site Selection Process (LSSP) for MASCOT, from the preliminary design phase that started several years before launch, up to the actual execution of the selection process and its operational implementation. The effort that was put on the LSSP by all the teams involved over all these years was one of the key elements, leading to the unprecedented success of this mission.

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Ryugu 上 MASCOT 着陆点的选择过程：设计、执行和结果

摘要 MASCOT，即Mobile Asteroid Surface SCOuT，是德法航天机构联合研制的小型着陆器[Ho et al., 2017]，搭载JAXA隼鸟2号航天器，历时3年多到达C型小行星。龙宫。MASCOT的目标是通过其四台科学仪器对小行星表面进行原位测量，以这种方式为隼鸟2号任务的整体科学回归做出重大贡献。本文的目的是详细概述 MASCOT 的着陆点选择过程 (LSSP)，从发射前几年开始的初步设计阶段到选择过程的实际执行及其运营实施。