NEAR Shoemaker

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Apr 2003

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 2180. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Space Missions, Solar System Missions

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The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR Shoemaker) mission is the first mission to orbit one of the ASTEROIDS. NEAR, a spacecraft of NASA's new Discovery program was launched successfully on 17 February 1996 on a looping 3 yr trajectory to EROS, one of the NEAR-EARTH ASTEROIDS (NEAs). Starting on 14 February 2000, NEAR undertook a 1 yr investigation in orbit around Eros. On 12 February 2001, the ...

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