66 Maja and 951 Gaspra - Possible flyby targets for Cassini and Galileo missions

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Oct 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990icar...87..372d&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 87, Oct. 1990, p. 372-376.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Asteroids, Cassini Mission, Flyby Missions, Galileo Project, Space Observations (From Earth), Astronomical Photometry, Charge Coupled Devices, Infrared Astronomy Satellite, Light Curve

Scientific paper

The results of an observation campaign conducted for the asteroids 66 Maja and 951 Gaspra, identified respectively as possible flyby targets for the Cassini and Galileo missions, are reported. The rotation periods and amplitudes of 66 Maja and 951 Gaspra are 9.733 and 7.09 hr and 0.45 and 1.0 mag, respectively. In the case of these two objects, the values found for the period may allow the onboard instrumentation to provide complete coverage of the surface if the spacecraft trajectory is optimized using earth-based observations.

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