Itokawa Asteroid (IMAGE)

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Itokawa Asteroid

Caption

An image of asteroid Itokawa taken by the Asteroid Multiband Imaging Camera (AMICA) onboard the Hayabusa spacecraft. A footprint observed by the Near-Infrared Spectrometer (NIRS) also onboard the spacecraft and its track are shown. The NIRS measurement covers a dark area in an edge of Sagamihara and a bright area west of Tsukuba.

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Multiband Imaging Camera (AMICA)

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