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By Emily Lakdawalla

I think this is a photo of Hayabusa's target marker

Nov. 23, 2005 | 08:28 PST | 16:28 UTC

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Check out this pair of images:

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Hayabusa's shadow and target marker?
Credit: ISAS / JAXA

I believe (though I'm not sure) that the bright spot circled at left is the target marker sitting on the surface of Itokawa. This would be the target marker that contains the 880,000 names. And Hayabusa's shadow looks pretty cool. There are lots of other interesting-looking pictures and graphs at this website but I have to leave for the airport, so I can't decipher them now! Argh! I think one of the graphs on that site actually shows Hayabusa bouncing on the surface of Itokawa.