[meteorite-list] Asteroid 1998 SF36 Has Been Renamed To Itokawa

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:22 2004
Message-ID: <200310071917.MAA25879_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.isas.ac.jp/e/snews/2003/1007_2.shtml

The asteroid 1998 SF36 has been renamed ITOKAWA.
JAXA
August 19, 2003

The asteroid 1998 SF36 which is the destination of "Hayabusa" (MUSES-C)
spacecraft launched from Kagoshima Space Center on May 9, 2003, has
been renamed ITOKAWA by International Astronomical Union after the
name of late Prof. Hideo Itokawa, "the Father of Space Development
in Japan".
Received on Tue 07 Oct 2003 03:17:31 PM PDT