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To: snowsislander

Are they going to collide?

How big are these 'roids?

Where are they?


7 posted on 09/11/2005 11:28:38 AM PDT by rottndog (WOOF!!!!)
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To: rottndog
Are they going to collide?

No, this is a sample collection mission; the idea is for Hayabusa to return to Earth with samples from the asteroid Itokawa.

How big are these 'roids?

Itokawa is quite small; it's less than 1/2 mile in its longest dimension.

Where are they?

Here's a map:

The Wikipedia has a good page (currently, at least, it's always changing ;-) on the mission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayabusa

Also, here's a neat image of Itokawa spinning from a few days ago when Hayabusa was a bit further away:


18 posted on 09/11/2005 11:42:55 AM PDT by snowsislander
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