PowerPoint Presentation Trip To Eros

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MISSION TO ASTEROID 433 EROS
LT Peter Spitale
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NEAR EARTH ASTEROID RENDEZVOUS
-NEAR SHOEMAKER SPACECRAFT -LAUNCHED 17 FEB
1996 1ST OF NASA DISCOVERY PROGRAM -2 BILLION
MILE JOURNEY -FIRST ORBITED EROS ON 14 FEB
2000 ORBITING FOR 1 YEAR
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ORBITAL MANEUVERS

• - 13 DEC 2000 Elliptical orbit 120 miles from
  Eros at apogee
• 1.5 minute engine burn
• Circular orbit 22 miles above center mass moving
  CCW
• Eros spinning CW on axis
• De-orbiting burn 4.5 hours prior touchdown
• FINAL LEG Series 4 controlled burns
• Landing speed _at_ 4 mph
• TOUCHDOWN 30210 EST on Himeros
• No landing gear

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FINAL PICTURES
160,000 pictures of Eros (10xs more than
expected)
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Asteroid 433 Eros (1898 DQ)Alternate
Designation 1956 PC
OSCULATING ORBITAL ELEMENTS(heliocentric
ecliptic reference frame)

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PHYSICAL PARAMETERS
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MORE INFORMATION
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics
Laboratory Laurel, Maryland http//near.jhuapl.ed
u/ www.howstuffworks.com http//neo.jpl.nasa.gov/c
gi-bin/db?name433ephemeris
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Trip To Eros