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...
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Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2012.
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Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- From the Contents: The Dawn Mission to Vesta and Ceres
- Vesta and Ceres: Crossing the History of the Solar System
- The Origin and Evolution of the Asteroid Belt—Implications for Vesta and Ceres
- Ceres: Its Origin, Evolution and Structure and Dawn’s Potential Contribution
- Origin, Internal Structure and Evolution of 4 Vesta
- The Surface Composition of Ceres
- Surface Composition of Vesta: Issues and Integrated Approach
- HED Meteorites and Their Relationship to the Geology of Vesta and the Dawn Mission
- The Dawn Spacecraft
- The Dawn Ion Propulsion System.