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APOD from 2005-11-16
A Robot's Shadow on #Asteroid Itokawa
Hayabusa spacecraft's shadow is visible on asteroid Itokawa in an image it captured. The mission, studying the asteroid since September, aims to analyze its composition to understand early Solar System formation. Despite MINERVA robot issues, Hayabusa will collect samples for Earth return in 2007.
HD image at
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap051116.html 
Published at
2024-11-02 01:30:58Event JSON
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