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Summary of Orbits and Maneuvers at 433 Eros
2000 February 24 to 2001 February 12
(µ=4.46382 x 10-4)
Event Date Time
(UTC)Orbit
(km)Period*
(days)Inclination
ATE*Duration
(days)Orbit
Diagram
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OCM-1 24 Feb 17:00 365 x 204 16.5 34° 8 OCM-2 03 Mar 18:00 203 x 206 10.0 37° 29 OCM-3 02 Apr 02:03 210 x 100 6.6 57° 9 OCM-4 11 Apr 21:20 101 x 99 3.4 59° 11 OCM-5 22 Apr 15:22 101 x 50 2.3 64° 8 OCM-6 30 Apr 15:31 51 x 49 1.2 90° 68 OCM-7 07 Jul 18:00 50 x 35 1.0 90° 7 OCM-8 14 Jul 04:44 39 x 35 0.7 90° 10 OCM-9 24 Jul 17:00 50 x 37 1.0 90° 7 OCM-10 31 Jul 20:00 51 x 49 1.2 90° 8 OCM-11 08 Aug 23:25 52 x 50 1.2 105° 18 OCM-12 26 Aug 23:25 49 x 102 2.3 113° 10 OCM-13 05 Sep 23:00 100 x 103 3.5 115° 37 OCM-14 13 Oct 05:45 98 x 50 2.2 130° 8 OCM-15 20 Oct 21:40 52 x 50 1.2 133° 5 OCM-16 25 Oct 22:10 51 x 19 0.73 133° 0.8 OCM-17 26 Oct 17:40 67 x 198 5.2 144° 7 OCM-18 03 Nov 03:00 198 x 195 9.4 146° 34 OCM-19 07 Dec 15:20 196 x 35 4.3 179° 6 OCM-20 13 Dec 20:15 36 x 34 0.7 179° 43 OCM-21 24 Jan 16:05 35 x 22 0.6 179° 3.39 OCM-22 28 Jan 01:25 37 x 19 0.5 179° 0.70 OCM-23 28 Jan 18:05 36 x 35 0.7 178° 4.62 OCM-24 02 Feb 08:51 36 x 36 0.7 178° 4.38 OCM-25 06 Feb 17:44 36 x 36 0.7 176° 5.90 EMM-1 12 Feb 15:14 35 x 7.5 --- 130° 0.16 EMM-2 12 Feb 18:58 5 km alt --- 50° 0.01 EMM-3 12 Feb 19:14 3 km alt --- 46° 0.01 EMM-4 12 Feb 19:30 1.5 km alt --- 36° 0.01 EMM-5 12 Feb 19:41 0.4 km alt --- 36° 0.01 Contact 12 Feb 19:46 0 km alt --- 35°S,81°E 0.01
*Period: time for spacecraft to complete one orbit around Eros ATE: Asteroid True Equator OCM: Orbit Correction Maneuver EMM: End Mission Maneuver
Orbit design by JPL NEAR Navigation;
Implementation by APL Mission Design & Operations
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Contact: Jim McAdams, APL