Imperfect Equilibration of Hf-W System by Giant Impacts

Hf-W chronometry provides constraints on the timing of planetary accretion and differentiation, as segregation of a metal...

Imperfect Equilibration of Hf-W System by Giant Impacts

Subaru Infrared Spectroscopy of the Pluto

Several previous observations of Pluto in the J, H, and K bands have derived its surface composition of mixture ice of N2, CH4, and CO....

Subaru Infrared Spectroscopy of the Pluto

Subaru Infrared Spectroscopy of the Asteroid Karin

“Space weathering” is the term applied to darkening albedo, reddening spectral slope, and obscuring absorption bands...

Subaru Infrared Spectroscopy of the Asteroid Karin
Recent Publications
Takanori Sasaki, Glen R. Stewart & Shigeru Ida, Origin of the Different Architectures of the Jovian and Saturnian Satellite Systems, ApJ, 714, 1052-1064 (2010).

Takanori Sasaki & Yutaka Abe, Hydrodynamic Escape of Early Venusian Atmosphere, Planetary People, 17, 117-122 (2008).

Takanori Sasaki & Yutaka Abe, Rayleigh-Taylor Instability after Giant Impacts: Imperfect equilibration of Hf-W system and its effect on the core formation age, EPS, 59, 1035-1045 (2007).

Takanori Sasaki, Ai Kanno, Masateru Ishiguro, Daisuke Kinoshita & Ryosuke Nakamura, Search for nonmethane hydrocarbons on Pluto, ApJ, 618, L57-L60 (2005).

Takanori Sasaki, Sho Sasaki, Jun-ichi Watanabe, Tomohiko Sekiguchi, Fumi Yoshida, Hideyo Kawakita, Tetsuharu Fuse, Naruhisa Takato, Budi Dermawan & Takashi Ito, Mature and fresh surfaces on the new-born asteroid Karin, ApJ, 615, L161-L164 (2004).

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I'm a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Tokyo Institute of Technology.
My general research interests are in learning about the origin and evolution of planets. I’m also interested in the ecological system and environment on terrestrial planets. I use a variety of numerical and analytic methods to examine how the surface environment of planets have been produced, evolved, and been stabilized. Then, I wish I compare these theoretical examinations to observations with telescope.