2 papers
astro-ph.EP2018
Physical properties of near-Earth asteroids with a low delta-: Survey of target candidates for the Hayabusa2 mission
Sunao Hasegawa, Daisuke Kuroda, Kohei Kitazato +40
Sample return from the near-Earth asteroid known as 25143 Itokawa was conducted as part of the Hayabusa mission, with a large number of scientific findings being derived from the r…
astro-ph.EP2018
Ground-based lightcurve observation campaign of (25143) Itokawa between 2001 and 2004
Setsuko Nishihara, Kouhei Kitazato, Masanao Abe +9
The asteroid (25143) Itokawa is a target object of the Japanese sample return mission, HAYABUSA. We have observed Itokawa in optical wave- length (R-band) with the 1.05-m Schmidt t…