[DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about ASTRONOMY - StudyStack [PAR] VOYAGER II DISCOVERED 6 MORE MOONS AROUND THIS PLANET; ONE IS 
BIGGER .... A 1991 PHOTO OF GASPRA TAKEN BY THE GALILEO PROBE WAS 
THE FIRST CLOSE-UP OF ONE OF THESE MINOR PLANETS, ASTEROID. [DOC] [TLE] 951 Gaspra - Wikipedia [PAR] 951 Gaspra /spr/ is an S-type asteroid that orbits very close to the inner 
edge of the asteroid belt. Gaspra was the first asteroid ever to be closely 
approached when it was visited by the Galileo spacecraft, which flew by on its 
way to Jupiter on 29 October 1991. ... One of these flat areas, (Dunne Regio), is a 
57-kilometer area that is flat to... [DOC] [TLE] Galileo (spacecraft) - Wikipedia [PAR] Galileo was an American unmanned spacecraft that studied the planet Jupiter 
and its moons, ... It launched the first probe into Jupiter, directly measuring its 
atmosphere. ... Galileo achieved the first asteroid flyby, of 951 Gaspra, and 
discovered the first .... The orbits were designed for close-up flybys of Jupiter's 
largest moons. [DOC] [TLE] Introduction to Asteroids [PAR] May 4, 1998 ... They are also commonly called minor planets (and rarely as ... This image of (951
) Gaspra was taken by the Galileo spacecraft in October, 1991. ... shown below; 
each of these asteroids has been imaged (close-up) either by passing ... Ceres, 
the first one found and the largest known asteroid, is only 1000... [DOC] [TLE] Galileo Messengers: Cruise to Venus, Earth, Gaspra, Earth, Ida, and ... [PAR] Feb 5, 2013 ... It wasn't the highest-resolution view Galileo got; it was one precious ... awesome 
accomplishment of Galileo -- the first-ever closeup view of an asteroid. ... These 
images were the first returned to Earth from the Gaspra encounter. .... These 
included the first in-flight "brain transplant" for a planetary spacecraft. [DOC] [TLE] Asteroids - In Depth | Planets - NASA Solar System Exploration [PAR] Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets, are rocky remnants left over from the 
... This image, taken by NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous mission in 2000
, .... Near-Earth asteroids: These objects have orbits that pass close by that of 
Earth. ... 1991-1994: The Galileo spacecraft takes the first close-up images of an
... [DOC] [TLE] | Dawn Mission - NASA [PAR] In 1991, the Galileo spacecraft crossed paths with the asteroid 951 Gaspra at a ... 
later in 1993, the Galileo spacecraft sent back images of asteroid 243 Ida taken 
from a ... The encounter gave scientists the first close-up look at a C-type asteroid
, ... By observing both minor planets with the same set of instruments, Dawn will... [DOC] [TLE] Asteroids [PAR] The Galileo spacecraft, launched on October 18, 1989, has its primary ... the 
spacecraft to accomplish two secondary missions: flying by two "minor planets", 
Gaspra and Ida, and sending back to Earth our first-ever, close-up view of ... On 
October 29, 1991, Galileo passed within 1,600 kilometers of asteroid 951 * 
Gaspra and,... [DOC] [TLE] The Galileo Encounters with Gaspra and Ida [PAR] The Galileo spacecraft encounters with 951 Gaspra and 243 Ida have provided ... 
flew past the inner main-belt asteroid 951 Gaspra on 29 October 1991, we had 
no ... as Gaspra), these fly-by encounters represent only a first step in the close-
up .... only for one side of Gaspra, from high-resolution pictures taken under 
similar... [DOC] [TLE] Minor satellites and the Gaspra encounter [PAR] On October 29, 1991 the Galileo spacecraft will encounter the minor planet 951 
Gaspra. This will be our first close up view of a minor planet. ... One picture of 
Gaspra from the Galileo encounter has since been transmitted to ... Although the 
nature of these secondary occultations is ambiguous in some cases, in others it is 
not. [DOC] [TLE] Ceres and the Asteroids - Infoplease [PAR] The first of them was named Eros because of this peculiar orbit. ...

Question: A 1991 photo of Gaspra taken by the Galileo probe was the first close-up of one of these minor planets
Answer: Asteroid