Publication Date:
2019-08-14
Description:
Planned and proposed missions to study asteroids are examined. The history of asteroid studies in the 1980s is reviewed, including the proposed Mainbelt Asteroid Orbiter/Flyby mission. Main-belt asteroid flyby missions are discussed, including the Galileo, Cassini, and Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby mission. Also, consideration is given to proposed missions to near-earth asteroids, the Vesta mission to perform in situ studies on two large asteroids, the Piazzi mission to flyby an Apollo-Amor-Aten asteroid using a Giotto-derived spacecraft, and the possibility of a Japanese asteroid flyby mission.
Keywords:
ASTRONAUTICS (GENERAL)
Type:
Asteroids II; Mar 08, 1988 - Mar 11, 1988; Tucson, AZ; United States
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