Table 2: Aspect data for new observations of Itokawa. The table lists asteroid distance from the Sun r, from the Earth $\Delta $, the solar phase angle $\alpha $, the geocentric ecliptic coordinates of the asteroid $(\lambda , \beta )$, and the observatory (ML - Mt. Lemmon, 1.5 m, MB - Mt. Bigelow, 1.52 m).
Date r $\Delta $ $\alpha $ $\lambda$ $\beta$ Obs.
  [AU] [AU] [deg] [deg] [deg]  
2006 12 25.3 1.507 0.538 10.6 109.5 2.3 ML
2006 12 26.3 1.504 0.532 9.7 109.1 2.3 ML
2007 01 15.3 1.435 0.464 11.1 98.6 3.3 ML
2007 01 24.2 1.401 0.459 20.5 93.9 3.5 MB
2007 01 25.2 1.397 0.460 21.6 93.5 3.5 MB


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