In 3D
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1999 RQ36 asteroid
- Classification
- 3D model
- Held by
- NASA/Christopher R. Meaney, NASA
- Credit
- NASA/Christopher R. Meaney
- Licence
- Not subject to copyright in the United States (NASA), as NASA states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
About this object
Scientists on NASA’s asteroid sample return mission, Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx), have measured the orbit of their destination asteroid, 1999 RQ36, with such accuracy they were able to directly measure the drift resulting from a subtle but important force called the Yarkovsky effect – the slight push created when the […]