Professor Lecture Series: "Deciphering Cosmic Matter through Elemental Analysis"

We decipher the mysteries of the universe through elemental analysis methods based on nuclear reactions. For this mystery-solving, we use 50,000 Antarctic meteorites and samples from the asteroids Itokawa and Ryugu, collected during two Hayabusa space exploration missions, and explain the analysis results, methods, and meteorites.

Event Date

October 10, 2026 (Saturday), November 7, 2026 (Saturday), December 12, 2026 (Saturday)
Saturday, January 9, 2027, Saturday, February 13, 2027, Saturday, March 13, 2027

Event Time

From 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM (90 minutes per session)

Venue

Inagi City i Plaza

Eligibility

Anyone

Contents

Content of Each Session

1st	Saturday, October 10	Elemental Analysis Using Nuclear Reactions: We will explain the basics of nuclear reactions and introduce elemental analysis methods that utilize nuclear reactions.
2nd	November 7 (Saturday)	Fossils of the Solar System, Meteorites: An overview of fossils of the solar system, meteorites that hold information about the formation and evolution of the solar system.
3rd	December 12 (Saturday)	Elemental Composition of the Solar System: Introducing the abundance of elements in the solar system and explaining how they are determined.
4th	January 9 (Saturday)	Analysis of Asteroid Itokawa Samples: Introducing the first Hayabusa mission and the analysis results of the recovered Itokawa samples.
5th	February 13 (Saturday)	Exploring the Solar System through Antarctic Meteorites: Introducing the reasons why many meteorites are found in Antarctica, their origins, and the state of Antarctic meteorite exploration.
6th	March 13 (Saturday)	Analysis of Ryugu asteroid samples: Introducing the Hayabusa2 asteroid explorer mission and the analysis results of the recovered Ryugu samples.

Application

Necessary

Please apply from the Inagi IC College web page.

• Inagi IC College Webpage(External Link)

Application Deadline

August 14, 2026 (Friday)

About the Application Deadline

If the number of applicants exceeds the capacity, a lottery will be held.

If the capacity is not reached, applications will be accepted until the capacity is met. Please contact us by phone.

Cost

6,000 yen (However, if you join partway, it will be 1,000 yen per session for the number of sessions attended)

Number of recruits

30 people

Instructor

(From the 1st to the 4th session) Mitsuru Ebihara, Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Metropolitan University

(Sessions 5 and 6) Naoki Shirai, Associate Professor, Kanagawa University

Contact Us

Inagi IC College Office

Phone 042-370-2822

Business hours: Tuesday to Friday (excluding holidays), from 10 AM to 4 PM

 

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