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  ABSTRACT_TEXT       = "The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) mission
    inaugurates NASA's Discovery Program. It was the first to orbit an
    asteroid and make the first comprehensive scientific measurements of
    an asteroid's surface composition, geology, physical properties, and
    internal structure. NEAR was launched successfully on 17 February 1996
    aboard a Delta II-7925. It made the first reconnaissance of a C-type
    asteroid during its flyby of the main-belt asteroid 253 Mathilde in June
    1997 and orbited the unusually large near-Earth asteroid 433 Eros for a
    year at a minimum orbit of about 35 km from the center of the asteroid.
    NEAR obtained new information on the nature and evolution of asteroids,
    improved our understanding of planetary formation processes in the early
    solar system, and clarified the relationship between asteroids and
    meteorites. The NEAR Mission Operations Center and Science Data Center are
    both located at APL/John Hopkins University."
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  ABSTRACT_TEXT       = "The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) mission
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