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Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Asteroid Gaspra's Best Face
Explanation:
Asteroid 951 Gaspra [ http://www.jpl.nasa…] is a huge rock tumbling in space. Gaspra [ http://www.nineplan…] became one of the best-studied asteroids [ http://www.solarvie…] in 1991 when the spacecraft Galileo [ http://www.jpl.nasa…] flew by. In the above photograph [ http://photojournal…], subtle color variations have been exaggerated to highlight changes in reflectivity, surface structure and composition. Gaspra [ http://nssdc.gsfc.n…] is about 20 kilometers long and orbits the Sun [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] in the main asteroid belt [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] between Mars [ http://mars.jpl.nas…] and Jupiter [ http://www.nineplan…].
Credit and Copyright:
The Galileo Project [ http://www.jpl.nasa…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
keyword:
asteroid
keyword:
Gaspra
facet_when:
1991
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Jupiter
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_what:
Galileo
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Jupiter
facet_what:
asteroid
facet_when_year:
1991
original url:
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap021027

Asteroid Gaspra's Best Face