25143 Itokawa

25143 Itokawa ( /ˌiːtoʊˈkɑːwə/; Japanese: イトカワ ) is an Apollo and Mars-crosser asteroid. It was the first asteroid to be the target of a sample return mission, the Japanese space probe Hayabusa.

Read more about 25143 Itokawa:  Discovery and Naming, Description, Exploration, Surface Features, Analysis of Particles Reported in August 2011