Asteroid approach, Science operations begin! |
Asteroid approach, Science operations begin! |
Aug 24 2018, 06:48 PM
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NASA update on the OSIRIS-REx mission, includes first picture of the asteroid from the spacecraft.
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Oct 31 2018, 01:44 PM
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These direct query links to NASA Horizons provide objects distance from the Sun in km:
OSIRIS-Rex Bennu Look for "$$SOE" in result; distance in km is value 3 counting from 0. Resulting current distance between OSIRIS-Rex and Bennu: 2018-Oct-31 14:40 - 236.16 km It looks quite precise despite the big distance: this method gives 7 km as Hayabusa2-Ryugu distance, which is currently 5 km. I think the distance is based on light travel time. |
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