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Gaspra and Ida: Implications of Spacecraft Reconnaissance for NEO Issues
Author(s) -
CHAPMAN CLARK R.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb48344.x
Subject(s) - asteroid , spacecraft , astrobiology , galileo (satellite navigation) , diversity (politics) , geography , astronomy , physics , remote sensing , political science , law
The first spacecraft encounters with asteroids were flybys of Gaspra and Ida by Galileo. They emphasize the diversity of asteroid properties and permit us to consider the probable physical nature of near‐Earth objects (NEOs).