The Dawn Mission to Minor Planets 4 Vesta and 1 Ceres
DAWN is the first mission to orbit a main belt asteroid and the first scientific mission to use ion propulsion. 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 el...
Corporate Author: | SpringerLink (Online service) |
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Other Authors: | Russell, Christopher (Editor), Raymond, Carol (Editor) |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2012.
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Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
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