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DESTINY+ Science Board
The Science Board (SB) is the central group of the Science Working Team (SWT). The SB makes decisions as recommendation to the DESTINY⁺ Project Manager (PM) about scientific issues in DESTINY⁺, and manages and controls all science-side teams in DESTINY⁺ including Science Working Groups (SWGs) and parts of Instrument Teams (ITs) and Working Teams (WTs).
MEMBERS LIST (January 21, 2026)
- Tomoko Arai
- DESTINY⁺-SciPI as the Science Board Chair
- Affiliation
- PERC Chiba Tech
- Hiroshi Kimura
- DESTINY⁺-Deputy SciPI as the SB Co-Chair & Dust Science Working Group Leader domestic POC
- Affiliation
- PERC Chiba Tech
- Harald Krüger
- Dust Science Working Group Leader
- Affiliation
- MPS / PERC Chiba Tech
- Tomokatsu Morota
- Phaethon Science Working Group Leader
- Affiliation
- The Univ. of Tokyo
- Fumi Yoshida
- Ground Observation Science Working Group Leader
- Affiliation
- Univ. of OEH/PERC Chiba Tech
- Ko Ishibashi
- DESTINY⁺ Camera Instrument Team PI
- Affiliation
- PERC Chiba Tech
- Ralf Srama
- DESTINY⁺ Dust Analyzer Instrument Team PI
- Affiliation
- Univ. of Stuttgart
- Masanori Kobayashi
- DESTINY⁺ Dust Analyzer Instrument Team PI domestic POC
- Affiliation
- PERC Chiba Tech
- Koji Wada
- Science Board organizer
- Affiliation
- PERC Chiba Tech
- Takeshi Takashima
- DESTINY⁺ PM, observer from project
- Affiliation
- ISAS/JAXA
- Hiroshi Imamura
- DESTINY⁺ Deputy PM, observer from project
- Affiliation
- ISAS/JAXA
- Carsten Henselowsky
- DLR Project Manager of DDA, observer from project
- Affiliation
- DLR
Phaethon Science Working Group
MEMBERS LIST (January 21, 2026)
- Tomokatsu Morota
- Ph-SWG Leader
- Affiliation
- The Univ. of Tokyo
- Tomoko Arai
- Ph-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- PERC Chiba Tech
- Naru Hirota
- Ph-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- Univ. of Aizu
- Takahiro Hiroi
- Ph-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- Brown Univ.
- Ko Ishibashi
- Ph-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- PERC Chiba Tech
- Masateru Ishiguro
- Ph-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- Seoul National Univ.
- Takashi Ito
- Ph-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- NAOJ
- Goro Koma
- Ph-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- Univ. d'Annunzio
- Sean Marshall
- Ph-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- Univ. of Central Florida
- Tatsuhiro Michikami
- Ph-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- Kindai Univ.
- Tomoki Nakamura
- Ph-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- Tohoku Unic.
- Katsuhito Ohtsuka
- Ph-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- PREC Chiba Tech
- Takaya Okamoto
- Ph-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- PERC Chiba Texh
- Osamu Okudaira
- Ph-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- PERC Chiba Tech
- Takafumi Ootsubo
- Ph-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- UOEH / PERC Chiba Tech
- Tomohiko Sekiguchi
- Ph-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- Hokkaido Univ. Edu.
- Hiroki Sensh
- Ph-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- PERC Chiba Tech
- Eri Tatsumi
- Ph-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- IAC
- Manabu Yamada
- Ph-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- PERC Chiba Tech
- Yasuhiro Yokota
- Ph-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- Institute of Science Tokyo
- Fumi Yoshida
- Ph-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- UOEH/PERC Chiba Tech
- Hiroshi Kimura
- Observer
- Affiliation
- PERC Chiba Tech
- Koji Wada
- Observer
- Affiliation
- PERC Chiba Tech
Ground Observation Science Working Group
To support the DESTINY⁺ Phaethon Science Working Group in developing flyby observation strategies, the Ground Observation Science Working Group conducts ground-based observations of the target asteroids prior to each flyby to determine the physical properties of the asteroids.
MEMBERS LIST (February 24, 2026)
- Fumi YoshidaGO-SWG Leader
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- Affiliation
- UOEH/PERC Chiba Tech
- Shinsuke Abe
- GO-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- Nihon Univ.
- Hiroshi Akitaya
- GO-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- PERC Chiba Tech
- Jin Beniyama
- GO-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- Côte d'Azur Obs.
- Simone Ieva
- GO-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- INAF-OAR
- Masateru Ishiguro
- GO-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- Seoul National Univ.
- Takashi Ito
- GO-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- NAOJ
- Myung-Jin Kim
- GO-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- KASI
- Zhong-Yi Lin
- GO-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- IANCU
- Sean Marshall
- GO-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- Univ. of Central Florida
- Nick Moskovitz
- GO-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- Lowell Obs.
- Thomas Müller
- GO-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- MPE
- Katsuhito Ohtsuka
- GO-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- PREC Chiba Tech
- Takafumi Ootsubo
- GO-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- UOEH/PERC Chiba Tech
- Petr Pravec
- GO-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- Astron. Inst. of the CAS
- Andy Rivkin
- GO-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- Johns Hopkins Univ.
- Tomohiko Sekiguchi
- GO-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- Hokkaido Univ. Edu.
- Aleksander Serebryanskiy
- GO-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- FAI
- Eri Tatsumi
- GO-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- IAC
- Cristina Thomas
- GO-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- Northern Arizona Univ.
- Seitaro Urakawa; GO-SWG Co-I
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- Affiliation
- Japan Spaceguard Association
- Jun-ichi Watanabe
- GO-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- NAOJ
- Makoto Yoshikawa
- GO-SWG Co-I
- Affiliation
- JAXA
- Tomoko Arai
- Observer
- Affiliation
- PERC Chiba Tech
Hiroshi Kimura: Observer
- Affiliation
- PERC Chiba Tech
- Koji Wada
- Observer
- Affiliation
- PERC Chiba Tech