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单词 Stardust
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Stardust

Astronomy
  • A NASA space probe launched in 1999 February to collect dust from Comet 81P/Wild 2 and return it to Earth. The dust particles were collected on the surface of a paddle coated with a low-density glass foam called aerogel. On its way to the comet, Stardust collected samples of interstellar dust passing through the Solar System and in 2002 November flew past asteroid (5535) Annefrank. In 2004 January Stardust passed within 240 km of the nucleus of Comet Wild 2, photographing the nucleus and catching dust particles. A return capsule carrying the dust samples parachuted to Earth in 2006 January. Following this successful encounter, the spacecraft was retargeted to fly past Comet 9P/Tempel 1 in 2011 February, and was renamed Stardust-NExT (short for New Exploration of Tempel 1). It photographed the area where the Deep Impact mission had hit the nucleus of Tempel 1 five and a half years earlier and also looked for changes in the nucleus that had occurred since then. The spacecraft was finally turned off in 2011 March.

    Stardust http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/ Official Stardust website.

    http://stardustnext.jpl.nasa.gov/ Stardust-NEXT website.

    http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stardust/multimedia/pia02188.html


Space Exploration
  • A NASA probe to obtain a sample of dust and gas from the head of a comet. Launched on 7 February 1999, Stardust first flew past asteroid Annefrank in November 2002 before passing through the head of comet Wild 2 on 2 January 2004, within 240 km of its nucleus, photographing its irregular surface and capturing cometary particles on the surface of a paddle coated with a low-density glass foam called aerogel. Stardust returned to Earth with its samples in January 2006.

    https://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html News updates on the Stardust mission with photographs and animations from its encounter with comet Wild 2.


Geology and Earth Sciences
  • A NASA mission to return coma samples from comet Wild 2. Launched in 1999, it reached the comet in January 2004.

    https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/stardust/ Stardust.


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