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The asteroid Itokawa observed by the Infrared Camera (IRC) at 7 micormetres

The asteroid Itokawa observed by the Infrared Camera (IRC) onboard AKARI at 7 micormetres. The observation was carried out at 11:23—11:35 (UT) on July 26th, 2007. We selected three images from the data taken in the observation period and composed a single image to show the motion of Itokawa over 12 minutes. The image covers roughly a 7.4 arcmin x 7.4 arcmin area around the target.

Topics: AKARI observes the asteroid Itokawa, the target of the Hayabusa explorer