Asteroid and Ceres Data

The following page contains data sets and tools related to asteroid missions. The IPDA maintains a glossary of agency acronyms. Links will open in a new tab.

Asteroid and Ceres Missions

Mission Name	Asteroid Encountered	Agency	Dataset Interval or Flyby Times	Location of Information or Data
NEAR	253 Mathilde	NASA	June 27, 1997	NASA PDS/SBN NASA PDS/GEO NASA PDS/SBN NASA PDS/PPI
NEAR-Eros	221 Eros	NASA	December 23, 1998 – February 23, 2021 Encounter: February 14, 2000 – Feb. 12, 2001	NASA PDS/GEO NASA PDS/SBN NASA PDS/PPI
Deep Space 1	9969 Braille	NASA	July 29, 1999	NASA PDS/SBN
Hayabusa	25143 Itokawa	JAXA	Mission Period: May 9, 2003 to June 13, 2010 Rendezvous: September 12, 2005 – November 19, 2005 Dataset Interval: May 2003 to June 2010 Encounter: September 12, 2005 – November 19, 2005	NASA PDS/SBN JAXA/DARTS
Dawn	4 Vesta	NASA	July 16, 2011 – September 5, 2012	NASA PDS/SBN NASA PDS/SBN NASA/IMAGING
Dawn	1 Ceres	NASA	March 6, 2015 – October 31, 2018	NASA PDS/SBN NASA PDS/SBN NASA/IMAGING
Hayabusa2	162173 Ryugu	JAXA	Mission Period: December 3, 2014 to March 22, 2022 Rendezvous: June 27, 2018 to November 12, 2019 Dataset Interval: December 2014 to April 2020 Encounter: June 27, 2018 – November 12, 2019	NASA PDS/SBN JAXA/DARTS
New Horizons	Asteroid 132524APL	NASA	June 10-12, 2006	NASA PDS/SBN
OSIRIS-REx	162173 Bennu	NASA	August 13, 2018 – September 2023 Encounter: December 3, 2018 – May 10, 2021	NASA PDS/SBN
Lucy	3 main belt and 7 Trojan Asteriods	NASA	Launched to Observed Didymos September 2022	NASA PDS/SBN
HST Asteroids			International Start April 24 1990	NASA PDS/SBN
NEOWISE Asteroids			International Start April 24 1990	NASA PDS/SBN
DART	65803 Didymos	NASA	Impact September 2022	NASA PDS/SBN
NEA Scout	Asteroid 2020 GE	NASA	Launched November 16, 2022	NASA
Janus	Near Earth Asteroids	NASA	Postponed Indefinitely	NASA
Psyche	16 Psyche	NASA	October 13, 2023	NASA
Destiny+ mission	Phaeton	ISAS/JAXA	Launch in 2024	JAXA
NEO Surveyor		NASA	Launch in 2028	NASA/JPL

Non-Asteroid Missions with Asteroid Data

Mission Name	Asteroid Encountered	Agency	Flyby Times	Location of Information or Data
Galileo	951 Gaspra & Dactyl	NASA	October 29, 1991	NASA PDS/ATM NASA PDS/PPI
Galileo	243 Ida	NASA	August 28, 1993	NASA PDS/ATM NASA PDS/PPI
Rosetta	2867 Steins	NASA	September 5, 2008	ESA/PSA ESA News NASA PDS/SBN
Cassini	2685 Masursky	NASA	January 30, 2000	NASA/JPL NASA PDS/ATM
Rosetta	21 Lutetia	ESA	July 10, 2010	ESA/PSA ESA News NASA PDS/SBN
Stardust	5535 Annefrank	NASA	November 2, 2002 Flyby time: November 1, 2002	NASA PDS/SBN
MSX	Multiple Asteroids	NASA		NASA PDS/SBN
IRAS	Multiple Asteroids	NASA		NASA PDS/SBN

Additional Asteroid Data Sets and Tools

Product Name	Agency	Location of Information or Data
PDS/SBN Ferret tool	NASA	NASA PDS/SBN
Small Bodies Image Browser	NASA	NASA PDS/SBN
Vesta Trek	NASA	NASA/JPL
Bennu Trek	NASA	NASA/JPL
Ceres Trek	NASA	NASA/JPL
Ryugu Trek	NASA	NASA/JPL
Navigation and Related Observation Geometry	NASA	NASA PDS/NAIF
PILOT	NASA	USGS
SBMT	NASA	NASA PDS/SBN
MPC SBN Annex	NASA	NASA APL