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One of the most significant objects in our solar system’s asteroid belt doesn’t have a core
01 May 2025 14:28 GMT
… Dawn mission, but these alone left uncertainty about how the asteroid formed … most significant objects in the asteroid belt, to uncover clues … on to Ceres, completing its mission in 2018. Over time, … whether some asteroids in the asteroid belt are remnants of …
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GomSpace joins ESA’s RAMSES mission to study near-Earth asteroid using advanced cubesat technology
01 May 2025 05:16 GMT
… mission aims at studying the near-Earth asteroid 99942 … of the RAMSES mission, providing detailed observations … successfully realize deep-space missions. Additionally, this experience … historic cubesat encounter with asteroid Apophis represents a defining …
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NASA’s Psyche spacecraft hits a speed bump on the way to a metal asteroid
01 May 2025 03:51 GMT
… spacecraft approaching the metal-rich asteroid Psyche. Though there are no … Systems in California.
The Psyche mission is heading first for Mars … the Solar System. The mission';s total cost adds … who put together the Psyche mission have little idea of what …
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Vesta: Not Quite a Planet, Not Quite an Asteroid
30 Apr 2025 12:52 GMT
… largest object in the main asteroid belt, Vesta attracts a … 2011, before continuing its mission by visiting Ceres. By … visiting these protoplanets, the mission hoped to understand conditions in … time passed since the Dawn mission data was collected, scientists …
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Asteroid Discovery Overturns Long-Held Belief
29 Apr 2025 17:51 GMT
… our solar system's asteroid belt, has long been thought … be more than just another asteroid.
Scientists had concluded that it … of the bodies in the asteroid belt are pieces ejected from … .
Further analyses of the Dawn mission data, and new approaches applied …
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Asteroid Vesta may be a fragment of a lost world
29 Apr 2025 16:48 GMT
… complex to be an ordinary asteroid, yet never quite elevated to … re-analysis of NASA Dawn mission data,” Jacobson said.
If correct … debris might migrate into the asteroid belt and survive for billions …
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NASA’s Lucy Mission Captures Unique Asteroid Image
29 Apr 2025 02:59 GMT
… of a peanut-shaped giant asteroid, providing scientists with unprecedented … s orbit. The newly photographed asteroid, named Dinkinesh, has amazed … like Earth.
Lucy’s mission is far from over. … record for any single space mission.
NASA celebrated the success …
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New Research Shatters Long-Held Beliefs About Asteroid Vesta
29 Apr 2025 01:13 GMT
… process needed to give the asteroid distinct layers, like a … NASA Dawn mission data,” Jacobson said.
More than an asteroid
Most asteroids … same tasks at Ceres, the mission finished in 2018, and … that some asteroids in the asteroid belt are pieces ejected …
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New research alters perspectives on asteroid Vesta, challenging its planetary status
28 Apr 2025 20:41 GMT
… in our solar system’s asteroid belt. Traditionally thought to … re-analysis of NASA Dawn mission data,” Jacobson remarked.
NASA… the remnants in the asteroid belt that might originate … and further examination of Dawn mission data. Jacobson noted, “These …
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A Geologic Map of the Asteroid Belt
28 Apr 2025 18:51 GMT
… asteroids.
“Understanding the asteroid belt is really looking … then figure out which asteroid or asteroid family—a group … and it also highlights which asteroid populations are underrepresented. That … targets of future space missions aimed at filling in …