Hayabusa Successfully Captured Itokawa Shape For The First Time In Space
Itokawa Image: 9/4 02:36 UTC. (25 arc-minutes x 25 arc-minutes). |
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 07, 2005
As of September 4th morning of 2005, Hayabusa is at approximately 1,000 km toward Earth with respect to Itokawa, a near Earth asteroid target of the spacecraft, with the approach speed of 10 km per hour.
Hayabusa took a series of its Optical Navigation Camera aboard on the day and the photos revealed, for the first time in space, the shape information of Itokawa. Left one was taken when the brightness was at the top, while the right one was at the bottom. The upward direction here is almost identical to the north of the ecliptic frame.
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