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Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection Collection NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection Collection
Title:
Asteroid Gaspra's Best Face Title Asteroid Gaspra's Best Face Title
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…]. 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…]. Explanation
Credit and Copyright:
The Galileo Project [ http://www.jpl.nasa…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/] Credit_and_Copyright The Galileo Project [ http://www.jpl.nasa…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/] Credit and Copyright
keyword:
asteroid keyword asteroid keyword
keyword:
Gaspra keyword Gaspra keyword
facet_when:
1991 facet_when 1991 facet_when
facet_where:
Mars facet_where Mars facet_where
facet_where:
Jupiter facet_where Jupiter facet_where
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) facet_where Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) facet_where
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) facet_where Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) facet_where
facet_what:
Galileo facet_what Galileo facet_what
facet_what:
Sun facet_what Sun facet_what
facet_what:
Mars facet_what Mars facet_what
facet_what:
Jupiter facet_what Jupiter facet_what
facet_what:
asteroid facet_what asteroid facet_what
facet_when_year:
1991 facet_when_year 1991 facet_when_year
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.… original_url http://antwrp.gsfc.… original url
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap021027 UID SPD-APOD-ap021027 UID

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