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0.5 AU
A large S-type asteroid in the inner main belt believed to be the parent body of the H-chondrite meteorites that frequently strike Earth.
Launched in 1998, Deep Space 1 tested innovative technologies including an ion engine and autonomous navigation system while successfully flying by asteroid 9969 Braille and Comet Borrelly, capturing the best images of a comet nucleus at that time.
A plutino-class trans-neptunian object in a 3:2 orbital resonance with Neptune, discovered in 1994 and named after the Celtic god of the underworld.
2024-2025
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