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Title: Mathilde Encounter: Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous
Url: http://near.jhuapl.edu/Mathilde/
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University. Applied Physics Laboratory
Description: In one of the most successful flybys of all time, the NEAR spacecraft passed within 1200 km of asteroid 253 Mathilde on June 27. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has created a website to document this event. The site contains information on the NEAR mission objectives, science goals, and Mathilde itself. It also features images of the asteroid, a flyby simulation, and an MPEG movie (player download provided).
LC Classification: Science -- Astronomy -- Descriptive astronomy -- Solar system -- Planets. Planetology -- Superior planets -- Asteroids
Science -- Astronomy -- Descriptive astronomy -- Solar system -- Planets. Planetology -- Superior planets -- Asteroids -- Individual asteroids, A-Z
GEM Subject: Science
Science -- Astronomy
Science -- Space sciences
Date Issued: 1997
Resource Type: Instructional Material -- Model
Audio/Visual -- Image/Image Set
Format: Video -- MPEG
Language: English
Rights: Reprinted with permission from Eos, Trans. AGU, 77, F449.
Access Rights: Free access
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