Hayabusa

(1996 VL4 )

NOW @ 3 TAU 31

Inclination: 3.473

Eccentricity: 0.075

Period: 4.701 years

AU 2.806

Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

6.11.1996 00:00 Chichibu 139e9 35n59 observations 1

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The minor-planet explorer, Hayabusa (MUSES-C) was developed by JAXA/ISAS and launched in 2003. It traveled to (25143) Itokawa to capture samples of surface material. After overcoming many critical difficulties, Hayabusa finally returned to the earth in 2010, with fragments of surface material.

Discovered on 6-11-1996 in Chichibu by Sato, N.
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