Elemental Composition of Asteroid Itokawa by Hayabusa Xrf Spectrometry
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Okada, K. Shirai, Y. Yamamoto, T. Arai, K. Ogawa, T. Inoue, and M. Kato, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 229-8510, Japan. [email protected], University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan., Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 229-8510, Japan, 4 Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan.
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