[Baps] Hayabusa talk today at 4pm

[Sarah Stewart-Mukhopadhyay]

Sorry for the late notice:

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The CFA Colloquium will be held today in the Phillips Auditorium at 4 pm
(3:30 pm for tea and cookies).


SPEAKER:  Faith Vilas (MMT Observatory)

TITLE:    Probing Near-Earth Asteroid Characteristics: The Japanese
Hayabusa Mission to Asteroid 25143 Itokawa

ABSTRACT:

During the fall of 2005, the Japanese Hayabusa spacecraft was stationed
near the near-Earth asteroid 25143 Itokawa, studying the attributes of
the asteroid and attempting to obtain a sample of the surface material.
The orbiter was equipped with visible/near-infrared imaging camera,
infrared spectrometer, x-ray fluorescence detector and lidar. Multiple
approaches and sampling attempts were made, during which the spacecraft
was damaged. Remarkably, Hayabusa is still making its way back to the
Earth. The Hayabusa mission and characteristics of the NEA Itokawa will
be discussed.

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