... Explanation: Launched in the early 1970s Pioneer 10 and 11 were appropriately named - becoming the first spacecraft to travel through the asteroid belt, first to fly by Jupiter and Saturn , and the first human artifacts to venture beyond the solar system. ...
... number of small bodies (the comets and asteroids), and the interplanetary medium ... The main asteroid belt (not shown) lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. ...
... image of the Earth-Moon system was recorded by NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft earlier this month ... system , the NEAR spacecraft used Earth's gravity to deflect it towards its ultimate destination, the Asteroid 433 Eros ...
... Some years earlier I had heard about an asteroid that the Berkeley Automated Supernova Search had seen near this galaxy, so I was careful about the possibility of this new object being an asteroid, as well. ...
... After careful scrutiny of a new suspect (checking for asteroids, variable stars, HII regions, etc.) request confirmation of the suspect from the International Supernovae Network and follow the ISN guidelines to determine if your suspect is a bonafide ...