2005年的下半年,日本民众的目光一度被遥远太空中的一颗小行星所吸引。这颗长不过700多米,宽只有300多米的土豆形小行星,在浩瀚的宇宙中实在是太不起限了,而且它和地球的距离有1.9亿千米之远。但是日本人却对它有特殊的感情,因为这颗名为“糸川”的小行星就是用日本“火箭之父”糸川英夫的名字命名的。更重要的是,日本自行研制的“隼鸟”号星际探测器对它进行了着陆探测。应该说日本人对宇宙探索是有强烈兴趣的。这一方面是日本的经济和科技都很发 In the second half of 2005, the Japanese public’s eyes were once attracted by an asteroid in distant space. The potato-shaped asteroid, more than 700 meters long and 300 meters wide, is too limited in the vast universe and has a distance of 190 million kilometers from the earth. But the Japanese have a special feeling for it because the asteroid named “Xichuan” is named after Japan’s “father of the rocket” Yoshikawa Hideo. More importantly, Japan’s own “Hayabusa” interplanetary probe made landings. It should be said that the Japanese have a strong interest in the exploration of the universe. On the one hand, Japan’s economy and technology are all very much happening