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Project Lyra: Sending a spacecraft to 1I/'Oumuamua (former A/2017 U1), the interstellar asteroid
Andreas M. Hein, Nikolaos Perakis, T. Marshall Eubanks et al., 2019. Acta Astronautica.
The Initiative for Interstellar Studies' first feasibility study for a mission to catch the object, which is receding at about 26 km/s: Jupiter flyby plus solar Oberth manoeuvre options on a Falcon Heavy class launcher. Acta Astronautica 161, 552-561.
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Hein, A. M., Perakis, N., Eubanks, T. M., Hibberd, A., Crowl, A., Hayward, K., Kennedy, R. G., & Osborne, R. (2019). Project Lyra: Sending a spacecraft to 1I/'Oumuamua (former A/2017 U1), the interstellar asteroid. Acta Astronautica. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.12.042
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title = {Project Lyra: Sending a spacecraft to 1I/'Oumuamua (former A/2017 U1), the interstellar asteroid},
journal = {Acta Astronautica},
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Hein, Andreas M. et al.. “Project Lyra: Sending a spacecraft to 1I/'Oumuamua (former A/2017 U1), the interstellar asteroid.” Acta Astronautica (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.12.042.