Tiny probe could measure asteroid gravity in a space 1st
The European Space Agency has designed a tiny mobile phone-sized probe that could become the world's first to measure the gravity on the surface of an asteroid.
Source: space.com
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The European Space Agency has designed a tiny mobile phone-sized probe that could become the world's first to measure the gravity on the surface of an asteroid.
Paris (ESA) May 24, 2023 - The first instrument to directly measure gravity on the surface of an asteroid has undergone testing in ESA's Mechanical Systems Laboratory. The GRASS gravimeter will be landed on the surface