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1998 SF36 |
Asteroid 1998 SF36, whose orbital period is about 1.5 years, is a new target for MUSES-C asteroid sample return joint ISAS-NASA mission. The spacecraft will carry NASA-built rover that will gather science data. Get the asteroid's updated orbital parameters (ref: Dr. Ed. Bowell's solution).
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(4660) Nereus |
Even two space missions - Near Earth Asteroid Prospector (NEAP) and MUSES-C are scheduled to study asteroid (4660) Nereus and hopefully to bring back a sample of it. One of the reason of such an attention to this minor planet is that Nereus orbits nearly in the ecliptic and it is much easier to reach it than other candidate asteroids. Test that yourselves! (Ref: Dr. Ed. Bowell's solution)
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(433) Eros |
Asteroid (433) Eros had to became the first minor planet orbited by a spacecraft (NEAR ), however this didn't happen due to the failure of the last targeting maneuver of NEAR just few days before its rendezvous with Eros. Nevertheless, we provide you with the updated orbital elements of Eros to check by means of RedShift 3 how this should be (visit also our Spacecraft update page to get the orbit of NEAR (ref: Dr. Ed. Bowell's solution).
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(253) Mathilda |
NEAR successfully flew by asteroid (253) Mathilde on June 27, 1997 on its way to Eros (ref: Dr. Ed. Bowell's solution)
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(9969) Braille (former 1992 KD) |
Get the updated orbital parameters of the minor planet (9969) Braille (former 1992 KD). On July 28, 1999 NASA's Deep Space 1 spacecraft successfully flew closely by the asteroid and took a number of unique black-and-white and infrared images of it. However, the data returned also proved that the asteroid's orbit will shifted in some 4,000 years such that it could collide with Earth... Let's wait? (ref: Dr. Ed. Bowell's solution).
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