951 Gaspra
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| Radius | 6. 1 km |
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| Orbital period | 1,200 days |
| Discovered | July 30, 1916 |
| Orbits | Sun |
| Spectral type | S-type asteroid |
| Did you know | Gaspra was the first asteroid ever to be closely approached when it was visited by the Galileo spacecraft, which flew by on its way to Jupiter on 29 October 1991. |
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| ID | 1081826 |
About 951 Gaspra
951 Gaspra is an S-type asteroid that orbits very close to the inner edge of the asteroid belt. Gaspra was discovered by Russian astronomer G. N. Neujmin in 1916. Neujmin named it after Gaspra, a Black Sea retreat that was visited by his contemporaries, such as Gorky and Tolstoy.
