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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Jan 3 2006, 01:58 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10227 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
D'oh is right!
Could add Cassini's distant obs of Masursky as he zipped by on his way to wherever. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PDF: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Jan 3 2006, 02:05 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2488 Joined: 17-April 05 From: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Member No.: 239 |
QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jan 3 2006, 02:58 AM) D'oh is right! Could add Cassini's distant obs of Masursky as he zipped by on his way to wherever. Phil Phil: To be honest, 'D'oh' was pretty restrained... ...how could us folks have forgotten Hayabusa? Bob Shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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