Orbiter
An orbiter is a space probe that orbits a planet or other astronomical object.
Examples
Asteroids
- NEAR Shoemaker (orbited 433 Eros, eventually landed but was not designed to do so)
- Hayabusa (studied 25143 Itokawa, technically not an orbiter, but rather followed the asteroid in its orbit around the Sun)
- Dawn (orbited 4 Vesta, now orbiting Ceres)
Earth
Jupiter
Mars
Mercury
Moon
- Grail spacecraft (Ebb&Flow)
- Luna 10 - first artificial satellite of the Moon
- Explorer 33
- Lunar Orbiter 1
- Luna 11
- Luna 12
- Lunar Orbiter 2
- Lunar Orbiter 3
- Lunar Orbiter 4
- Explorer 35
- Lunar Orbiter 5
- Luna 14
- Luna 19
- Explorer 49
- Luna 22
- Hiten
- Clementine
- Lunar Prospector
- Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
- SMART-1
- SELENE
- Chang'e 1
- Chang'e 2
- Chandrayaan I
Saturn
Sun
Venus
See also
External links
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