Multiple choice general knowledge

The Japanese space probe ”Hayabusa” was targeted at

  1. Saturn

  2. Satellite of Saturn

  3. An Asteroid

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Hayabusa (Japanese for 'peregrine falcon') was a JAXA mission to asteroid 25143 Itokawa. It successfully returned samples to Earth in 2010, demonstrating groundbreaking asteroid exploration technology. The mission did not target Saturn or its moons - it focused on a near-Earth asteroid, making it the first spacecraft to return asteroid samples.

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