Proper noun
Itokawa
(astronomy) An asteroid; properly 25143 Itokawa
Hayabusa was launched on 9 May 2003 and rendezvoused with Itokawa in mid-September 2005. Source: Internet
Hayabusa was an unmanned spacecraft developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to return a sample of material from the small near-Earth asteroid 25143 Itokawa to Earth for further analysis. Source: Internet
In September 2005, the Japanese Hayabusa probe started studying 25143 Itokawa in detail and was plagued with difficulties, but returned samples of its surface to Earth on 13 June 2010. Source: Internet
Shortly thereafter he married his childhood acquaintance Hatsu Itokawa. Source: Internet