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Muses Sea on Asteroid Itokawa

Muses Sea on Asteroid Itokawa
Muses Sea on Asteroid Itokawa This image of Itokawa shows the largest flat area on the asteroid, which lies near the midsection, and which the JAXA team has dubbed Muses Sea -- a word-play on the generic label of the spacecraft, MUSES-C, before it launched and was renamed Hayabusa. ISAS / JAXA