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| Keywords: Braille3.jpg This image was created from a composite of two images which were taken 914 seconds and 932 seconds after the recent Deep Space 1 DS1 encounter with the asteroid 9969 Braille by the Minature Integrated Camera Spectrometer MICAS Interpolated values were then computed for each pixel in the final image based on the neighboring pixels of the composite The interpolation minimizes the spatial frequency artifacts of the final image The Sun is illuminating Braille from below Braille also known as 1992 KD was discovered on May 27 1992 by astronomers Eleanor Helin and Kenneth Lawrence using the 46 centimeter 18 inch Shmidt telescope at Palomar Observatory while scanning the skies as part of the Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey Deep Space 1 was launched into orbit around the Sun on October 24 1998 at 5 08 a m Pacific Daylight Time from Cape Canaveral Air Station Florida on a Delta 7326 a variant of the Delta II rocket An ion engine operating for more than 1800 hours was used to maneuver the spacecraft for an encounter with Braille The closest approach of DS1 to the asteroid at an approximate distance of 15 kilometers occurred on July 29 1999 at 04 45 Universal Time July 28 at 9 46 p m Pacific Daylight Time http //solarviews com/cap/ast/braille3 htm http //solarviews com/browse/ast/braille3 gif GIF link http //solarviews com/raw/ast/braille3 tif TIFF link 1999-07-29 Ted Stryk NASA Ted Stryk PD-USGov-NASA Photos of Braille by Deep Space 1 9969 Braille | ||||
