DescriptionGasprarotation.jpg A montage of images taken by the Galileo spacecraft as it flew by the asteroid Gaspra on October 29, 1991. It shows Gaspra growing
in roughly 7 hours, so these images capture almost one full rotation of the asteroid. Gaspra spins counterclockwise; its north pole is to the upper left
substantially redirected Galileo as required for its flybys of the asteroid Gaspra in October 1991 and Earth in 1992. Galileo's closest approach (960 kilometers