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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Лицо астероида Гаспра http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1163469/eng |
Credit & Copyright: The Galileo Project,
NASA
Explanation:
Asteroid
951 Gaspra is a huge rock tumbling in space.
Gaspra became one of the best-studied
asteroids in 1991 when the
spacecraft Galileo flew by.
In the
above photograph, subtle color variations have been
exaggerated to highlight changes in reflectivity,
surface structure and composition. Gaspra is about 20 kilometers long and orbits the
Sun in the
main asteroid belt between
Mars and
Jupiter.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.