[meteorite-list] Japan Shoots For a Piece of an Asteroid (Hayabusa)

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Jun 7 17:12:40 2005
Message-ID: <oc3ca1lppb74no95kg8riv2miuf2g3ki5c_at_4ax.com>

On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 13:45:53 -0700 (PDT), Ron Baalke <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:

>The Hayabusa probe is slowly closing in on a distant asteroid named
>Itokawa. Within a few months, after surveying the asteroid thoroughly

Hadn't heard about this mission. Anyone know what class of asteroid this is supposed to be?
Received on Tue 07 Jun 2005 05:12:44 PM PDT