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The Aster project: Flight to a near-Earth asteroid

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The information on the project being developed in Brazil for a flight to binary or triple near-Earth asteroid is presented. The project plans to launch a spacecraft into an orbit around the asteroid and to study the asteroid and its satellite within six months. Main attention is concentrated on the analysis of trajectories of flight to asteroids with both impulsive and low thrust in the period 2013-2020. For comparison, the characteristics of flights to the (45) Eugenia triple asteroid of the Main Belt are also given.

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  1. Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya ul. 84/32, Moscow, 117997, Russia

    A. A. Sukhanov

  2. National Institute for Space Research, Av. dos Astronautas, 1.758 Jd. Granja, CEP: 12227-010, Sao Jose dos Campos, SP Brasil

    H. F. de C. Velho & E. E. Macau

  3. Sao Paulo State University, Av. Dr. Ariberto Pereira da Cunha, 333, 12.516-410, Guaratingueta, SP Brasil

    O. C. Winter

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Original Russian Text © A.A. Sukhanov, H.F. de C. Velho, E.E. Macau, O.C. Winter, 2010, published in Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, 2010, Vol. 48, No. 5, pp. 455–462.

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Sukhanov, A.A., Velho, H.F.d.C., Macau, E.E. et al. The Aster project: Flight to a near-Earth asteroid. Cosmic Res 48, 443–450 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010952510050114

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