The Astronomy Center has provided educational resources to introductory astronomy educators since 2003. Over the past 20 years, the rapid pace of discovery has rendered some of our linked resources obsolete. Thus, the Astronomy Center will be decommissioned on March 1, 2022. Our highest quality resources will be retained on ComPADRE.org.
NSSDC asteroid image gallery of Gaspra, Ida, Dactyl, Toutatis and Vesta. Gallery contains links to captions, photo montages and some high-resolution images of asteroid images taken by the Galileo spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope, NEAR mission and the NASA 70 m radio telescope.
Bell, E. (2003, February 25). NSSDC Photo Gallery: Asteroids. Retrieved February 12, 2026, from https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/photogallery-asteroids.html
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