Japan becomes world's first to land rovers on asteroid surface

https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/minerva-ii1-rovers-from-japan-land-on-asteroid-surface-html-1346931-2018-09-23

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_orbital_intersection_distance

Ryugu orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.961.41 AU
once every 16 months (474
days; semi-major axis of
1.19 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity
of 0.19 and an
inclination of 6
with respect to the ecliptic
.[2]
It
has a minimum
orbital intersection distance
with
Earth of 95,400 km (0.000638 AU), which translates into 0.23 lunar distance
.[2]

*Value and composition*[edit

]

As of May 2018, according to the Asterank website, operated by Planetary
Resources , the current
value of Ryugu for mining purposes is speculated to be US$82.76 billion,
and the chemical composition
of the asteroid was estimated based on its class before Hayabusa 2 to be of
nickel , iron
, cobalt
, water
, nitrogen
, hydrogen
and ammonia
.[15]

Bet on the Japanese to focus on something purposeful :-) Being the first to
land on this asteroid they perhaps have the right (the moral right?) to
exploit it first? No such blanket right can be granted for the exploitation
of larger bodies such as the Moon and Mars?

Regards,

Selvaraj

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_orbital_intersection_distance
Ryugu orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.961.41
AU
once every 16 months (474 days;
semi-major axis
of 1.19AU). Its orbit has an
eccentricity
of 0.19 and an
inclination
of 6

with respect to the
ecliptic
.
[2]
It has a
minimum orbital intersection distance
with Earth of 95,400km (0.000638AU), which translates into 0.23
lunar distance
.
[2]

Value and composition
[
edit
]
As of May2018, according to the Asterank website, operated by
Planetary Resources
, the current value of Ryugu for mining purposes is speculated to be US$82.76 billion, and the
chemical
composition of the asteroid was estimated based on its class before Hayabusa 2 to be of
nickel
,
iron
,
cobalt
,
water
,
nitrogen
,
hydrogen
and
ammonia
.
[15]
Bet on the Japanese to focus on something purposeful :-) Being the first to land on this asteroid they perhaps have the right (the moral right?) to exploit it first? No such blanket right can be granted for the exploitation of larger bodies such as the Moon and Mars?
Regards,
Selvaraj