RYUGU-JO [INKTOBER 2020 SERIES]

DAY 16 - ROCKET

Urashima Tarō is the protagonist of a Japanese fairy tale, who in a typical modern version is a fisherman rewarded for rescuing a turtle, and carried on its back to the Dragon Palace (Ryūgū-jō) beneath the sea.Japanese rocket, Hayabusa2's team members thought resembled a dragon or an ouroboros — a dragon or serpent swallowing its own tail — coiling around the asteroid. Because of that inspiration, the team named the ridge for Ryujin, the Dragon Palace ruler and father of Otohime.

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