First spacecraft encounter with an asteroid approaches

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Oct 1991

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In NASA, Washington, Reports of Planetary Astronomy, 1991 p 183 (SEE N92-12792 03-89)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Asteroid Belts, Asteroids, Galileo Spacecraft, Brightness, Classifications, Spectrum Analysis, Stony-Iron Meteorites, Time Dependence

Scientific paper

During the course of the Galileo spacecraft's journey to Jupiter it will make two excursions through the steroid belt situated between Mars and Jupiter. The first excursion involves an encounter with the asteroid 951 Gaspra, which will take place on October 29, 1991. Gaspra is a small (about 15 km diameter) asteroid near the outer edge of the main asteroid belt. It's spectral classification is S, suggesting a composition similar to those of stony-iron meteorites. A figure is given showing the brightness of this asteroid as a function of time.

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