Detection of a Large Variation in the Degree of Space Weathering on the Surface of Itokawa by Hayabusa/amica Observations
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SURFACE OF ITOKAWA BY HAYABUSA/AMICA OBSERVATIONS. M. Ishiguro 1 , T. Hiroi 2 , D. J. Tholen 3 , A. Yamamoto 4 , S. Sasaki 5 , F. Yoshida 6 , B. E. Clark 7 , R. Nakamura 8 and J. Saito 9 , 1 School of Earth Environmental Sciences College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, KOREA ([email protected]), 2 Department of Geological Science, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, U.S.A., 3 Institute for Astronomy, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, HI 96822, U.S.A., 4 Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan (RESTEC), 1-9-9, Roppongi, Tokyo 106-0032, JAPAN, 5 Mizusawa Astrogeodynamics Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mizusawa 023-0861, JAPAN, 6 National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588 JAPAN, 7 Physics Department, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY 14850, U.S.A., 8 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba 305-8568, JAPAN, 9 Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara, Kanagawa 229-8510, JAPAN
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