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    From September to November 2005, the Japanese Hayabusa probe studied 25143 Itokawa in detail and returned samples of its surface to Earth on 13 June 2010...
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  • project scientist for the Hayabusa mission to the near-Earth object 25143 Itokawa JPL · 5782 5783 Kumagaya 1991 CO Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan MPC · 5783...
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    the Moon and Mars, falling into infant stars, as well as on asteroid 25143 Itokawa. Such meteorites include chondrites, collections of debris from the...
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    samples returned from the Moon, the comet Wild 2, and the asteroids 25143 Itokawa, 162173 Ryugu, and 101955 Bennu. In 1981, a proposal for an asteroid...
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  • exploration by a rover in the Hayabusa sample return mission from (25143) Itokawa. JPL · 8930 8931 Hirokimatsuo 1997 AC4 Hiroki Matsuo, former director...
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  • 25142 25143 Itokawa 1998 SF36 Hideo Itokawa (1912–1999), Japanese rocket scientist. He is regarded as the Father of Japanese rocketry. JPL · 25143 25146...
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    collected by the JAXA Hayabusa missions. Hayabusa encountered asteroid 25143 Itokawa in November 2005, picked up 10 to 100 micron sized particles from the...
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    (Venezuela) 270 metres – length of 99942 Apophis 535 metres – length of 25143 Itokawa, a small asteroid visited by a spacecraft The kilometre (SI symbol:...
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  • (MUSES-C) was developed by JAXA/ISAS and launched in 2003. It traveled to (25143) Itokawa to capture samples of surface material. After overcoming many critical...
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    February 2001. A second NEA, the 535 m (1,755 ft) long peanut-shaped 25143 Itokawa, was explored from September 2005 to April 2007 by JAXA's Hayabusa mission...
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