Abstracts for fall meeting of the Japanese Society for Planetary Science
Abstracts 2005 Fall Meeting of the Japanese Society for Planetary Science
Session ID : 1101
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Current status of asteroid exploration and science by HAYABUSA
*Akira Fujiwarateam HAYABUSA
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HAYABUSA is an engineering spececraft to explore an near-erth asteroid Itokawa and return the surface sample to the earth. In the middle of September it starts main obsercvation near the asteroid. After that the spacecraft decents toward the asteroid and touch the surface to get the sample. The capsule in which the sample is contained will return to the earth in June 2007. Making ovservation plan near the asteroid and preparation for analysis of the returned sample are underway.
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