Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Nov 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985jgrs...90....1b&link_type=abstract
In Lunar and Planetary Inst. 16th Lunar and Planetary Sci. Conf. p 1-5 (SEE N85-26548 15-91)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Asteroid Missions, Asteroids, High Resolution, Images, Spectral Reflectance, Spectrum Analysis, Galileo Project, Galileo Spacecraft, Space Exploration, Spaceborne Astronomy, Spaceborne Photography, Spatial Resolution
Scientific paper
Studies of the trajectory of the Galileo mission to Jupiter recently revealed that the spacecraft can pass close to one of the largest asteroids (#29 Amphitrite). NASA has therefore altered the mission plan of the Galileo spacecraft to include a possible close flyby of Amphitrite in early December 1986, if the condition of the spacecraft allows. If this option is actually implemented, Amphitrite will become the only asteroid for which any high-spatial resolution images and reflection spectra will be available. To evaluate the value of this data and place Amphitrite in the context of the more than 600 asteroids for which some compositional information exists. Existing data was reexamined, new telescopic spectra of Amphitrite were obtained, and simulated Galileo data sets were constructed.
Bell Jon F.
Gaffey Michael J.
Gradie Jonathan C.
Hawke Bernard Ray
McCord Th. B.
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