17-11-2010, 06:16 AM
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Confirmed: Hayabusa Nabbed Asteroid Particles!
Great news 
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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has confirmed that the tiny particles inside the Hayabusa spacecraft‘s sample return container are in fact from the asteroid Itokawa. Scientists examined the particles to determine if the probe successfully captured and brought back anything from the asteroid, and in a press release said “about 1,500 grains were identified as rocky particles, and most were determined to be of extraterrestrial origin, and definitely from Asteroid Itokawa.”
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Article: http://www.universetoday.com/78895/c...oid-particles/
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