The Dawn Mission To Minor Planets 4 Vesta And 1 Ceres

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Dawn is the first mission to orbit a main belt asteroid and the first scientific mission to use ion propulsion

• The Dawn Mission To Minor Planets 4 Vesta And 1 Ceres available on December 01 2023 from Indigo for 309.07
  
• ISBN bar code 9781461449027 ξ1 registered December 01 2023
  
• Product category is Book

• Sku # 978146144902
  

Major objectives of this mission include mapping of the surfaces of 4 Vesta and 1 Ceres, determining its topography from stereo measurements, determining its mineralogy, measuring its elemental composition and obtaining gravity data. This book describes the Dawn mission, its exploration and scientific objectives, the instruments that accomplish those objectives, the operations plan and the education and outreach plan. It is directed to those studying asteroids and the evolution of the solar system. This volume will be a valuable reference for anyone who uses data from the instruments of the DAWN mission. Previously published in Space Science Reviews, Vol. 163/1-4, 2012.

^ The Dawn Mission To Minor Planets 4 Vesta And 1 Ceres Indigo. ISBN 9781461449027 (revised Dec 2023)