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astro-ph2005
The Origin and Evolution of the Asteroid Main Belt
Philip R. Bidstrup, Henning Haack, Anja C. Andersen +2
Using a fully autonomous spacecraft - Bering - we propose to detect and study sub-km asteroids from an orbit within the asteroid Main Belt. The main purpose of the proposed Bering…
astro-ph2003
Asteroid and NEA detection models
Rene Michelsen, Henning Haack, Anja C. Andersen +1
We determine the possible detection rate of asteroids with the Bering mission. In particular we examine the outcome of the Bering mission in relation to the populations of Near-Ear…
astro-ph2003
Bering - The first deep space mission to map asteroidal diversity, origin and transportation
Anja C. Andersen, Rene Michelsen, Henning Haack +1
Asteroids are remnants of the material from which the Solar System formed. Fragments of asteroids, in the form of meteorites, include samples of the first solid matter to form in o…