Asteroid Rendezvous

NEAR Shoemaker's Adventures at Eros

Jim Bell, Jacqueline Mitton

116 pages, parution le 25/10/2002

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Résumé

The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) was the first mission to orbit and eventually land on an asteroid. The mission was a phenomenal success, returning hundreds of thousands of images, spectra, and other measurements about the large near-Earth asteroid 433 Eros. This book is a collection of essays by some of the scientists and engineers who made NEAR such a success. The entire mission is described here in their own words, from the initial concept studies, through the development phase, launch, cruise operations, the flyby of asteroid Mathilde, the near-catastrophic main engine failure in 1998, the heroic rescue and recovery of the spacecraft, the amazing year-long up-close look at one of our most primitive celestial neighbors, and finally the daring attempt to land the spacecraft on Eros at the end of the mission. The book is liberally illustrated throughout with images from the mission and explanatory diagrams.

Contents

Foreword C. Shoemaker
1. Eros and the asteroids J. Veverka
2. A date with Eros R. Farquhar
3. From launch to rendezvous S. Murchie
4. Landscape of an asteroid L. Prockter and M. Robinson
5. Form and substance P. Thomas and M. Zuber
6. Ingredients of an asteroid J. Bell
7. Shaped by history C. Chapman
8. On course and picture perfect M. Bell and B. Owen
9. Mission accomplished A. Cheng.

L'auteur - Jim Bell

Jim Bell est professeur d'astronomie à l'université d'état de l'Arizona, chercheur associé à la NASA (programmes d'exploration lunaire et marsienne).

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Jim Bell, Jacqueline Mitton
Parution	25/10/2002
Nb. de pages	116
Format	22,5 x 28
Couverture	Relié
Poids	750g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521813600
ISBN13	978-0-521-81360-0