[meteorite-list] Japan Shoots For a Piece of an Asteroid (Hayabusa)

[Darren Garrison]

On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 13:45:53 -0700 (PDT), Ron Baalke <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:

>The Hayabusa probe is slowly closing in on a distant asteroid named
>Itokawa. Within a few months, after surveying the asteroid thoroughly

Hadn't heard about this mission.  Anyone know what class of asteroid this is supposed to be?