The Rubble-Pile Asteroid Itokawa as Observed by Hayabusa

Fujiwara, A.; Kawaguchi, J.; K. Yeomans, D.; Abe, M.; Mukai, T.; Okada, T.; Saito, J.; Yano, H.; Yoshikawa, M.; J. Scheeres, D.; Barnouin-Jha, O.; F. Cheng, A.; Demura, H.; W. Gaskell, R.; Hirata, N.; Ikeda, H.; Kominato, T.; Miyamoto, H.; M. Nakamura, A.; Nakamura, R.; Sasaki, S.; Uesugi, K.

doi:10.1126/science.1125841

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The Rubble-Pile Asteroid Itokawa as Observed by Hayabusa

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Authors:

A. Fujiwara

J. Kawaguchi

D. K. Yeomans

Abstract

During the interval from September through early December 2005, the Hayabusa spacecraft was in close proximity to near-Earth asteroid 25143 Itokawa, and a variety of data were taken on its shape, mass, and surface topography as well as its mineralogic and elemental abundances. The asteroid's orthogo...

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