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    9969 Braille, provisional designation 1992 KD, is an eccentric, rare-type and elongated asteroid from the innermost regions of the asteroid belt, classified...
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    memorials to Louis Braille can be found around the world. He has been commemorated in postage stamps worldwide, and the asteroid 9969 Braille was named for...
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    October 1998, the Deep Space 1 spacecraft carried out a flyby of asteroid 9969 Braille, which was its primary science target. The mission was extended twice...
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  • T-carrier signaling scheme devised by Bell Labs Deep Space 1, a mission to 9969 Braille & 19P/Borrelly DS-1 (drug), a selective GABAA α4β3δ agonist drug South...
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  • asteroids are: 1862 Apollo, 2102 Tantalus, 3753 Cruithne, 6489 Golevka, and 9969 Braille. Asteroid spectral types "JPL Small-Body Database Search Engine: spec...
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  • also refer to: Louis Braille, the Frenchman who devised the writing system 9969 Braille, an asteroid named for Louis Braille Braille (musician) (born 1981)...
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  • 1998 Deep Space 1 mission, but that mission was eventually rerouted to 9969 Braille. It was named in memory of Challenger crew member Christa McAuliffe....
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    Penelope 216 Kleopatra 324 Bamberga 511 Davida 925 Alphonsina 1140 Crimea 9969 Braille (33342) 1998 WT24 66391 Moshup (136617) 1994 CC (285263) 1998 QE2 (357439)...
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    problems (later attempt at orbit insertion succeeded; see below) 1996-008A 9969 Braille Deep Space 1 NASA 29 July 1999 flyby partial success no close-up images...
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    briefly visited by spacecraft en route to other destinations include 9969 Braille (by Deep Space 1 in 1999), 5535 Annefrank (by Stardust in 2002), 2867...
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    YA)" (2017-06-28 last obs). Retrieved 8 June 2019. "LCDB Data for (9969) Braille". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Archived from the original on...
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    spacecraft, first near-Earth asteroid (NEA) visited by a spacecraft. 9969 Braille 2.2 × 0.6 (1.6 km) 1992 Deep Space 1 1999 26 12.7 Flyby; followed by...
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    Animation of Deep Space 1's trajectory from 24 October 1998 to 31 December 2003    Deep Space 1 ·   9969 Braille ·   Earth ·   19P/Borrelly...
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  • family along with Vesta itself. There are some Mars-crossers such as 9969 Braille, and some Near-Earth objects like 3908 Nyx. There is also a scattered...
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    October 1998. The Deep Space mission carried out a flyby of asteroid 9969 Braille and Comet Borrelly. Deep Space 1 had 178 pounds (81 kilograms) of xenon...
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    HO1 (8567) 1996 HW1 8709 Kadlu 9172 Abhramu (9400) 1994 TW1 9950 ESA 9969 Braille (10150) 1994 PN 10295 Hippolyta 10416 Kottler (10860) 1995 LE (11054)...
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  • 1992 JB 1 May 1992 list [B] (9400) 1994 TW1 9 October 1994 list [A] 9969 Braille 27 May 1992 list [A] (11904) 1991 TR1 13 October 1991 list (14923) 1994...
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    October 24, 1998, the Deep Space 1 mission carried out a flyby of asteroid 9969 Braille, the mission's science target. Its mission was extended twice to include...
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  • Stephengould (Stephen Jay Gould, evolutionist and essayist) 9969 Braille (Louis Braille, inventor of braille) 10093 Diesel (Rudolf Diesel, inventor of the diesel...
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  • Belgique JPL · 9968 9969 Braille 1992 KD Louis Braille (1809–1852), French cellist and organist, inventor of braille. JPL · 9969 9971 Ishihara 1993 HS...
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    1998 Delta II 7326 NASA 4015 Wilson–Harrington Flyby Spacecraft failure 9969 Braille Partial failure Spacecraft was unable to reach Wilson–Harrington due...
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  • Bragaria 4572 Brage 11150 Bragg 3488 Brahic 1818 Brahms 9843 Braidwood 9969 Braille 99928 Brainard 134150 Bralower 12147 Bramante 640 Brambilla 6429 Brâncuși...
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  • three Jupiter trojans including 3240 Laocoon, Mars-crossers such as 9969 Braille, hundreds of main-belt asteroids such as 4897 Tomhamilton, Comets discovered...
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    doi:10.1006/icar.2000.6483 Buratti, B. J.; et al. (January 2004), "9969 Braille: Deep Space 1 infrared spectroscopy, geometric albedo, and classification"...
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  • instead. Deep Space 1 Asteroid 9969 Braille 24 October 1998 29 July 1999 279 days (9 months, 6 days) Deep Space 1 flew by Braille. No close-up images were made...
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  • Pfau 9963 Sandage 9964 Hideyonoguchi 9965 GNU 9967 Awanoyumi 9968 Serpe 9969 Braille 9971 Ishihara 9972 Minoruoda 9973 Szpilman 9974 Brody 9975 Takimotokoso...
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    List 259. 3691 Bede 226.8 0.50 2  NEO X 1.83 15.22 LCDB  · List 260. 9969 Braille 226.4 0.90 2  Mars crosser Q 1.64 16.40 LCDB  · List 261. (157900) 1999...
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    30 June Galileo 5th flyby of Callisto 29 July Deep Space 1 Flyby of 9969 Braille 31 July Lunar Prospector Deliberate impact of the Moon 14 August Galileo...
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    v t e Minor planets navigator 9967 Awanoyumi 9968 Serpe 9969 Braille...
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  • JS2 Serpe May 4, 1992 La Silla H. Debehogne  · 12 km MPC · JPL 9969 Braille 1992 KD Braille May 27, 1992 Palomar E. F. Helin, K. J. Lawrence slow 1.9 km...
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