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Fig. 13

From: A curation for uncontaminated Hayabusa2-returned samples in the extraterrestrial curation center of JAXA: from the beginning to present day

Fig. 13

a A schematic of the HY2 sampler catcher including returned samples. It is composed of three chambers A, B, and C and a rotation cylinder through which recovered samples are introduced into each chamber. This figure is from Fig. 14 of Sawada et al. (2017) (Fig. 14). b A lifting tool (left) and an attachment (right) to be set to the sample catcher. c A catcher holding base. d The catcher lifting tool (upper) and a catcher rotation tool (lower). e A catcher rotation tool to turn upside down the chamber A of the catcher to which a funnel jig is attached. f A catcher supporting jig. Screw bolts to connect a cup of the chamber B are situated inside the holes shown in red and pointed by yellow arrows in the viewgraph. g A pin to fix a cup to chamber B. The pin is set to a direction pointed by the yellow arrow. h A funnel jig to be set to the cup of the chamber B in the direction indicated by the orange arrow. The cup of chamber C is handled in the same manner as shown in g and h

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