<page_title> List of minor planets and comets visited by spacecraft </page_title> <section_title> List of minor planets visited by spacecraft </section_title> <table> <cell> 25143 Itokawa <col_header> Minor planet </col_header> <col_header> Name </col_header> <col_header> year </col_header> </cell> <cell> landed; returned dust samples to Earth in 2010 - first sample return mission from asteroid; smallest asteroid visited by a spacecraft, first asteroid visited by a non-NASA spacecraft <col_header> Space probe </col_header> <col_header> Remarks </col_header> </cell> </table>
Itokawa is the smallest asteroid visited by a spacecraft.