Re:New Horizons Reaches Ultima Thule
by watersb on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @02:52AM
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Also, asteroid sample-return mission Osiris-REX acheived orbital insertion around its asteroid target.
Which was Really Hard, because that is a tiny object to use as a gravitational anchor. About the mass of a terrestrial mountain. The precision is incredible.
Which was Really Hard, because that is a tiny object to use as a gravitational anchor. About the mass of a terrestrial mountain. The precision is incredible.
https://www.asteroidmission.org/