Dawn will continue to orbit Vesta for the next year, then break orbit and proceed to its next target, the dwarf planet 1 Ceres. A decent rundown of the mission can be found here.
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Showing posts with label Dawn Mission. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dawn Mission. Show all posts
20 July, 2011
Dawn Reaches Vesta
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has reached the asteroid 4 Vesta and has gone into orbit. Before going into orbit, it snapped this photograph of the main belt planetoid:
Dawn will continue to orbit Vesta for the next year, then break orbit and proceed to its next target, the dwarf planet 1 Ceres. A decent rundown of the mission can be found here.
Dawn will continue to orbit Vesta for the next year, then break orbit and proceed to its next target, the dwarf planet 1 Ceres. A decent rundown of the mission can be found here.
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