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MICRO HAYABUSA

MICRO HAYABUSA
© Yuya Suzuki, Yasushi Kuroda, Junzo Azuma (Hitachi High-Tech Corporation)

The micrograph is an artificially-colored Scanning Electron Microscope(SEM) image of the Japanese asteroid explorer HAYABUSA (1/300,000 scale) prepared by a Focused Ion Beam system. The "MICRO HAYABUSA" is made of Si crystal which is the material of its solar cell paddles.

1st Prize. At 68th photo contest hosted by the Japanese Society of Microscopy in 2012.

Condition

Specimen: Si crystal

Instrument: Focused Ion Beam System FB2200

Magnification: X 4,000

Accelerating voltage: 5 kV

*This work was presented at the "photo contest" hosted by the Japanese Society of Microscopy.

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