Unmanned Exploration Of Comets & Asteroids |
Unmanned Exploration Of Comets & Asteroids |
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Jan 2 2006, 07:48 PM
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Trying to give an overview of missions to Asteroids & comets …
Giotto ( 2 July 1985 to comet HALLEY in 1986 and to comet Grigg-Skjellerup in 1992 ) NEAR Shoemaeker ( 17 February 1996 to asteroid 433 Eros in February 2001 ) Deep Space 1 ( 15 October 1998 to comet BORELLY in September 2001 ) StarDust ( 07 February 1999 to comet WILD-2 in January 2004 ) Contour ( July 2002 to comet ENCKE … mission failure ) Deep Impact ( 12 January 2005 to comet TEMPLE-1 in July 2005 ) Which missions did I forget ? … … … |
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Jun 21 2021, 03:20 PM
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Yeah, this comet is way outside the area Comet Intercepter can target. CI requires the comet to reach a heliocentric distance of 0.8 to 1.2 AU and the encounter has to take place near the ecliptic.
I wouldn't be surprised if we'll start seeing some observations come in over the next week or so now that it's announced. If Hubble weren't out of commission right now, this is the exact sort of discovery that would be great for it to take a look at. -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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