Title of article
Dawn Discovery mission to Vesta and Ceres: Present status Original Research Article
Author/Authors
C.T Russell، نويسنده , , F. Capaccioni، نويسنده , , A. Coradini، نويسنده , , U. Christensen، نويسنده , , M.C. De Sanctis، نويسنده , , W.C. Feldman، نويسنده , , R. Jaumann، نويسنده , , H.U. Keller، نويسنده , , A. Konopliv، نويسنده , , T.B. McCord، نويسنده , , L.A. McFadden، نويسنده , , H.Y. McSween، نويسنده , , S. Mottola، نويسنده , , G. Neukum، نويسنده , , C.M. Pieters، نويسنده , , T.H. Prettyman، نويسنده , , C.A. Raymond، نويسنده , , Michael J. de Smith، نويسنده , , M.V. Sy، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
دوهفته نامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
Pages
6
From page
2043
To page
2048
Abstract
Dawn, the ninth Discovery mission, is a journey to the main belt asteroids Vesta and Ceres to attempt to understand the building blocks of the solar system and the processes occurring at the solar system’s earliest epoch. It does this with a spacecraft that utilizes ion propulsion to reach its targets and to maneuver into orbit about these bodies. It carries a framing camera, a visible and infrared mapping spectrometer, and a gamma ray and neutron detector. The mission has passed its critical design review and is scheduled to be launched in June 2006 with arrival at Vesta in 2011 and Ceres in 2015.
Keywords
Vesta , Discovery mission , Ceres , Asteroid
Journal title
Advances in Space Research
Serial Year
2006
Journal title
Advances in Space Research
Record number
1131243
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