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Orbit determination
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Orbit determination is the estimation of orbits of objects such as moons, planets, and spacecraft. One major application is to allow tracking newly observed asteroids and verify that they have not bee
Diagram showing how orbit-de­ter­mi­na­tion data was handled in a 1962 NASA mission. (Of historical interest only.)
Diagram showing how orbit-de­ter­mi­na­tion data was handled in a 1962 NASA mission. (Of historical interest only.)
Asteroid
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An asteroid is a minor planet—an object larger than a meteoroid that is neither a planet nor an identified comet—that orbits within the inner Solar System or is co-orbital with Jupiter. Asteroids are
A composite image, to the same scale, of the asteroids imaged at high resolution prior to 2012. They are, from largest to smallest: 4 Vesta, 21 Luteti
A composite image, to the same scale, of the asteroids imaged at high resolution prior to 2012. They are, from largest to smallest: 4 Vesta, 21 Lutetia, 253 Mathilde, 243 Ida and its moon Dactyl, 433 Eros, 951 Gaspra, 2867 Šteins, 25143 Itokawa.
Vesta (left), with Ceres (center) and the Moon (right) shown to scale
Vesta (left), with Ceres (center) and the Moon (right) shown to scale
Giuseppe Velasquez, Giuseppe Piazzi and Ceres, oil on canvas, c. 1803
Giuseppe Velasquez, Giuseppe Piazzi and Ceres, oil on canvas, c. 1803
2013 EC, shown here in radar images, has a provisional designation
2013 EC, shown here in radar images, has a provisional designation