Plans for Radar Imaging of Asteroid 216 Kleopatra
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asteroids radar Kleopatra↗
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Yeomans, D.
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Challenges in Near Navigation
The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) Discovery mission is the first to send a spacecraft to rendezvous with and orbit about an asteroid.
NEAR Discovery navigation↗
NASA's Near-Earth Object Office Activities
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Near Earth Objects Comets Asteroids↗
NASA's Near-Earth Object Office
Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) are scientifically interesting remnants of the early solar system formation process, accessible resources for the raw materials necessary for colonizing the inner solar system in the next century, and objects that can threaten life on Earth.
Near Earth Objects Comets Asteroids↗
Preliminary Planning For NEAR's Low-Altitude
On February 14, 2000, an orbit insertion burn will place NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft (S/C) into orbit around asteroid 433 Eros.
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Predicting Close Approaches and Estimating Impact Probabilities for Near Earth Objects
Recent popular movies have raised public consciousness of the very real possibility of a comet or asteroid collision with the Earth.
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Preliminary Planning for Near's Low-Altitude Operations at 433 Eros
This paper will provide preliminary plans for mission design and navigation during the last two weeks of the orbit phase, where several close passes to the surface will be incorporated to enhance the science return.
NEAR↗
Determination of Eros Physical Parameters for Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Orbit Phase Navigation
Navigation of the orbit phase of the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezbous (NEAR) mission will require determination of certain physical parameters describing the size, shape, gravity field, attitude and inertial properties of Eros.
Asteroid↗
MUSES-C: A Near-Earth Asteroid Lander and Sample Return Mission
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sampling hyperbolic re-entry of the sample return ↗
Estimating the Mass of Asteroid 433 Eros During the NEAR Spacecraft Flyby
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mass rotation pole Eros Asteroid 433↗
Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) A Mission to Study the Diversity of Comet Nuclei
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Comets CONTOUR Discovery Mission↗
Contour: The Comet Nucleus Tour Mission
Target Selection: emphasis on diversity and unique objects. Flybys of three comets.
comets Discovery Program↗
Amateur Astrometric Contributions in Support of Flight Projects
There are seven flight projects that will visit 13 different comets and asteroids in the next 13 years.
Flight Projects Astrometry target bodies↗
Orbit Determination and Estimation of Impact Probability for Near Earth Objects
Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) are asteroids and comets that have been nudged by the gravitational attraction of nearby planets into orbits that allow them to enter the Earth's neighborhood.
Asteroids↗
Estimating the Mass of Asteroid 433 Eros During the Near Spacecraft Flyby
The terminal navigation of the Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft during its flyby of asteroid 433 Eros on December 23, 1998 involved coordinated efforts to determine the heliocentric orbits of the spacecraft and Eros and then to determine the relative trajectory of the spacecraft with respect ot Eros.
Asteroid Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezbous (NEAR) mas↗
Radar and Optical Observations of Asteroid 1998 KY26
Observations of near-Earth asteroid 1998 KY26 shortly after its discovery reveal a slightly elongated spheroid with a diameter of about 30 m, a composition analogous to carbonaceous chondritic meteorites, and a rotation period of 10.7 minutes, which is an order of magnitude shorter that that measured for any other solar system object.
radar asteroids near-Earth Asteroid 1998 KY26↗