Assessing the debris generated by the small carry-on impactor operated from the Hayabusa2 mission

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1Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), B200 Monobe, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8502, Japan 2Biogeochemistry Research Center (BGC), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan 3Graduate School of Engineering Science, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan 4UVSOR Synchrotron Facility, Institute for Molecular Science, 38 Nishigo-naka, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan 5Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210, Japan 6Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI/SPring-8), 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan 7Department of Earth Science, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan 8Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT), Yokohama 226-8502, Japan 9Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan 10UTokyo Organization for Planetary and Space Science (UTOPS), University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan