Jacob Englander, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Jacob Englander, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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The image behind NASA technologist Jacob Englander shows the trajectory to Odysseus, a Trojan asteroid. Englander used his new orbit-determination tool to create the design (not associated with any mission or mission proposal) because a colleague suggested Odysseus was a difficult-to-reach target.

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NASA Goddard/Pat Izzo

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