951 Gaspra - Wikipedia
WEB951 Gaspra is an S-type asteroid that orbits very close to the inner edge of the asteroid belt. Gaspra was discovered by Russian astronomer G. N. Neujmin in 1916. Neujmin named it after Gaspra, a Black Sea retreat that was visited by his contemporaries, such as Gorky and Tolstoy.
Galileo First Close-Up Image of Gaspra Released
WEBNov 14, 1991 · Scientists from the Galileo project today released the world's first close-up image of an asteroid, taken October 29 by the Galileo spacecraft some 34 minutes before it flew past the asteroid Gaspra at a distance of 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles).
Galileo Flyby of Gaspra Yields New Information
WEBNov 14, 1991 · Gaspra is a small, main-belt asteroid, about the size of the Martian moon Deimos, with an average diameter of eight miles. Ground-based observations indicate Gaspra is quite irregular in shape, perhaps twice as long as it is high.
Highest Resolution Gaspra Mosaic - NASA Jet Propulsion …
WEBAug 13, 1996 · Highest Resolution Gaspra Mosaic. This picture of asteroid 951 Gaspra is a mosaic of two images taken by the Galileo spacecraft from a range of 5,300 kilometers (3,300 miles), some 10 minutes before closest approach on October 29, 1991. The Sun is shining from the right; phase angle is 50 degrees.
Asteroid 951 Gaspra | The Planetary Society
WEBOct 29, 1991 · Asteroid 951 Gaspra. Asteroid 951 Gaspra Galileo's highest-resolution global view of asteroid Gaspra. This is a mosaic of two images captured on October 29, 1991 from a distance of about 5350 kilometers. NASA / JPL / Emily Lakdawalla. Gaspra is 18.2 by 10.5 by 8.9 kilometers in diameter.
951 Gaspra - NASA Planetary Data System - Planetary Science …
WEB951 Gaspra is an S-type asteroid that orbits very close to the inner edge of the main asteroid belt. Gaspra was discovered by Russian astronomer G. N. Neujmin in 1916. Neujmin named it after Gaspra, a Black Sea retreat that was visited by his contemporaries, such as Gorky and Tolstoy.
Spacecraft Exploration of Gaspra - Encyclopedia Britannica
WEBThe first asteroid studied during a flyby was Gaspra, which was observed in October 1991 by the Galileo spacecraft en route to Jupiter. Galileo’s images, taken from a distance of about 5,000 km (3,100 miles), established that Gaspra, an S-class asteroid, is an
Galileo encounter with 951 Gaspra: First pictures of an asteroid
WEBJan 1, 1992 · Galileo images of Gaspra reveal it to be an irregularly shaped object (19 by 12 by 11 kilometers) that appears to have been created by a catastrophic collisional disruption of a precursor parent body. The cratering age …
APOD: July 12, 1998 - Asteroid Gaspra's Best Face
WEBAsteroid Gaspra's Best Face. Credit: The Galileo Project, NASA. Explanation: Asteroid 951 Gaspra is a huge rock tumbling in space. Gaspra became one of the best-studied asteroids in 1991 when the spacecraft Galileo flew by.
Asteroid Gaspra - Space Reference
WEBGaspra is a large asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the main portion of the asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified Gaspra as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.