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Autonomous Nucleus Tracking for Comet/Asteroid Encounters: The STARDUST Example

Synnott, S. P.·Riedel, J. E.·Bhaskaran, S.
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STARDUST is a mission to flyby the comet Wild-2 in early 2004 and return samples of the coma to Earth.

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Synnott, S. P., Riedel, J. E., Bhaskaran, S.. 1997-08-04. Autonomous Nucleus Tracking for Comet/Asteroid Encounters: The STARDUST Example. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20210003498

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