[HN Gopher] A probe intended to study the Trojan asteroids takes... ___________________________________________________________________ A probe intended to study the Trojan asteroids takes off shortly Author : varyherb Score : 11 points Date : 2021-10-09 20:05 UTC (2 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.economist.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.economist.com) | vmception wrote: | Feels like there should be some good open source tools by now to | plot optimal orbital paths and speed and slowing down. | fernly wrote: | Thank you for pointing this out. Non-paywalled info, plus even | more & nicer graphics: | | https://nasa.gov/mission_pages/lucy/overview/index | | http://lucy.swri.edu/ | | don't miss | | http://lucy.swri.edu/mission/Targets.html | fideloper wrote: | The orbital physics used is always impressive. | | I assume some velocity adjustment is done by the drone to | intersect with the asteroids? Or are the orbits that precise? ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-10-09 23:01 UTC)