Talk:25143 Itokawa

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How about writing the distance from earth to this asteriod ? Martin A


Well, the distance must vary dramatically as Earth and Itokawa progress around their orbits, but if anyone is able to figure out the asteroid's closest approach to Earth, that would be helpful. The Singing Badger 16:26, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

You could give the distance at a particular time, for example now when the Hayabusa probe is at the asteroid. The point is to give a feel of how far the probe has travelled to get there. Martin A


  • Maybe a word should be added that with 433 Eros, Itokawa is bound to become the best-known asteroid and the second on which a man made object will land and the second object sampled beyond Moon???Hektor 20:36, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] JAXA Image

Badger, you & I've talked about using JAXA images before, but Wikipedia's policies are in flux, so let's see how an image fares now. I liked this photo in particular because it really shows the boulders well.

Everyone else, JAXA releases its images for educational and non-profit use, as long as JAXA is credited, and as long as any people in the photos give their consent. I've linked to the JAXA copyright page from the image page.

Here's a version in English [1]. Doesn't say quite the same thing as the Japanese version, but pretty close. kwami 07:50, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

I tried putting the image in the table, under the name, but it doesn't look as though the table template is set up for that. kwami 07:35, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

The current version has a picture of the old radar model. Because we have high-resolution optical images of the object, that is redundant and mis-leading. We've been trying to track down the problems with the modeling process, but there is a better radar model from 2004 as well as the 2005-2006 Hayabusa pictures. Someone please put in an image from JAXA. Michaelbusch 14:58, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

It would be deleted if it was. JAXA's image policy isn't tolerated here, as it's educational and non-profit use only, like Wikipedia. Rather ironic, in my opinion--Planetary 20:39, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
There are press-release images available (check Google Images for example). But you are correct: JAXA has strange image policies. Michaelbusch 23:10, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
Actually not that strange. ESA's policy is similar.--Planetary 23:19, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
If the only existing images of this asteroid are under a restrictive licence, wouldn't this be a prime candidate for fair use? It's not like anyone else can go out and take their own photos of this. Bryan Derksen 22:14, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
Good idea, especially with the recent release of image data on the JAXA site, which is an obvious statement of permission to use and spread.--Planetary 04:34, 13 May 2007 (UTC)