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    porosity is unclear. The first asteroid to be photographed in close-up was 951 Gaspra in 1991, followed in 1993 by 243 Ida and its moon Dactyl, all of which...
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  • Moskva (Moscow, Russia) 951 Gaspra (Gaspra, Ukraine) 1140 Crimea (Crimea, Ukraine) 1146 Biarmia (Bjarmaland, historical region in northern Russia) 1147...
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  • of the asteroid belt, leaving craters on main-belt asteroids such as 951 Gaspra. He also investigates the shaping of the asteroid belt during the accretion...
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    1990s the Galileo space probe took the first photos of the asteroids 951 Gaspra and 243 Ida. As of 2022 15 asteroids have been visited by spacecraft with...
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