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Investigation of Asteroids with the Use of Space Vehicles

Shevchenko, V. G.

An overview of the past, present and planned space-based observations of asteroids is given. The main results which have been and will be obtained from the space missions OAO-2, IUE, FIRSSE, IRAS, HIPPARCOS, HST, ISO, MSX, GALILEO, NEAR, DS1, SMART-1, ROSETTA and MUSES-C are presented. The expediency of asteroid investigations with spacecraft is d…